Photo: Hayden Soloviev · CC BY 4.0A home in Lyster is worth 54% less than the middle of Quebec’s towns
In figures: $139,000 for the median home in 2021, $300,000 for the middle of Quebec’s towns. There is no public record of sale prices in Quebec, which leaves the census value as the guide for Lyster. On the 2025 property roll, single-family homes have a median of $178,650, valued as of July 1, 2023.
Two ways to price a home in Lyster
Every figure here is compared within the province, against Quebec’s towns, since each province assesses on its own terms. What owners reported in May 2021 is an opinion of value; interest rates and prices have both moved since.
median, owners’ estimate
- Average
- $150K
- Owners
- 520
- Quebec’s towns
- $300K
- The typical Canadian town
- $406K
single-family, market at July 1, 2023
- Quebec’s towns
- $353K
Census 2021 (Statistics Canada); Canadian Housing Statistics Program, tables 46-10-0099 and 46-10-0093; Québec rôle d’évaluation foncière 2026 (MAMH).
In Lyster, plexes are on the roll at a median $206,400, 50% below Quebec’s towns
Dwellings on the roll of Lyster: 72% in single-family houses and 15% in plexes. There are 59 chalets on it too, with a median of $79,200.
Median roll value by kind, 2025 the tick is the median of Quebec’s towns
Dwellings by kind of building
Rôle d’évaluation foncière 2025 (MAMH): a kind’s median needs 10 units or more; plexes are valued per building; each municipality’s roll has its own market date. The ticks are the median of Québec’s municipalities with their own roll.
Single-detached houses are 85% of Lyster’s homes, against 59% for Quebec’s towns
At the 2021 census, Lyster had 680 homes with someone living in them. Half went up before 1981.
Homes by period of construction the tick is the median of Quebec’s towns
Homes by kind
| Lyster | Quebec | Canada | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Condominiums | 4% | 8% | 8% |
| Needing major repairs | 6% | 6% | 6% |
| Too small for the household | 2% | 2% | 3% |
| Households in core housing need | 5% | 3% | 7% |
Census 2021 (Statistics Canada): occupied private dwellings; core housing need as Statistics Canada defines it. Ticks and columns are medians of the towns and neighbourhoods of 2,500 or more.
Permits in Lyster ran at 9.7 homes a year per 1,000, where Quebec’s towns ran at 15.1
Over 2018–2023, 38 homes were permitted in Lyster, close to 6 each year. 52% were single-unit buildings, beside 39% for Quebec’s towns.
A peak in 2023: 9 new homes
New homes a year per 1,000 homes
Statistics Canada, tables 46-10-0087 (building permits by census subdivision, 2018–2023: dwelling units created, new construction and conversions) and 34-10-0292 (monthly, metro areas). Per 1,000: units a year over 2019–2023 against occupied homes in 2021.
Lyster against Quebec’s towns: 54% under the $300,000 median
510 of Quebec’s towns (2,500 people or more), by median value at the 2021 census, dearest first.
Census 2021, owners’ estimates; towns and neighbourhoods of 2,500 or more, no city as a whole, no reserve.
Home values around Lyster
The places around Lyster at the 2021 census: median and average value, and how many own.
| Town | Median home value | Average | Owners | km |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lyster | $139K | $150K | 78% | |
| Laurierville | $150K | $160K | 87% | 10.7 |
| Val-Alain | $160K | $181K | 81% | 11.9 |
| Saint-Janvier-de-Joly | $200K | $206K | 83% | 13.6 |
| Saint-Flavien | $224K | $229K | 75% | 14.7 |
| Sainte-Agathe-de-Lotbinière | $150K | $185K | 89% | 16.5 |
| Laurier-Station | $224K | $230K | 69% | 17.8 |
Census 2021 values; km.
Questions about property prices in Lyster
Is Lyster expensive for Quebec?
On census values, Lyster sits among the cheaper of Quebec’s towns (median $300,000).
How many households in Lyster are in core housing need?
5% of Lyster’s households, above the 3% of Quebec’s towns, live in a home that is unaffordable, crowded or in poor repair, with no acceptable one nearby they could afford.
Sources: Statistics Canada, Census of Population 2021 · Statistics Canada, building permits (tables 46-10-0087 and 34-10-0292) · Ministère des Affaires municipales et de l’Habitation, rôle d’évaluation foncière 2026. Under the Statistics Canada Open Licence.
Adapted from Statistics Canada (Census of Population 2021, population estimates 2025, 2021 census boundaries) under the Statistics Canada Open Licence; this does not constitute an endorsement by Statistics Canada. Neighbourhood names in some cities © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL).