Photo: Hayden Soloviev · CC BY 4.0Lyster sits above 86% of Canadian towns for residents aged 65 and over (27%)
Residents with no religion: 21% here and 35% across Canada’s towns. About 1,679 people lived in Lyster in July 2025, Statistics Canada estimates. The census found that 7.3% of residents lived at another address a year earlier locally. With a median age of 48, Lyster is older than four fifths of Canadian towns.
What stands out about the people of Lyster
Many older residents
27% of residents are 65 or over, more than in 86% of Canadian towns; 7.6% are 80 or over, and 36% of households are one person living alone. Ages ↓
Common-law couples
27% of residents 15 and over live common-law, more than in 90% of Canadian towns; 31% are married. Couples ↓
Written from the data on this page: Statistics Canada, 2021 Census.
More bilingual residents than 74% of Canadian towns: 20%
Unless a figure says otherwise, it is from the 2021 Census. English, French and the other languages people grew up with or speak at home.
Can hold a conversation in · share of all residents
Mother tongue · share of all residents
The figure for residents whose mother tongue is English is 0.3% in Lyster and 66% across Canada’s towns. To put it in context, 7.5% of residents speak English and French across Canada’s towns.
A change of −1% since 2016 leaves Lyster behind 85% of Canadian towns
Residents at the 2016 and 2021 censuses and the latest estimate, with the 2016–2021 change beside other towns.
Change, 2016 to 2021
The median across Canada’s towns is +4%, and across Quebec’s towns +4%. The July 2025 estimate adds another 6%.
Residents aged 15 to 24: 8.8%, a lower share than 82% of Canadian towns
Share of residents in each five-year band; the tick is the typical town.
Set against 16% across Canada’s towns, 17% of residents are under 15 in Lyster. The largest age band is 55–59: 7.9% of residents.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
48% women, 52% men
About 107 men for every 100 women.
One-person households: 36%, a higher share than 80% of Canadian towns
Private households by type and size.
Against Quebec’s towns and Canada’s towns
People per household
Canada’s towns.
The average household has 2.2 people, against 2.4 across Canada’s towns. Add to that, fewer one-parent families than in just over three quarters of Canadian towns: 6.6%. One-person households: 27% across Canada’s towns, for comparison.
Lyster sits above 90% of Canadian towns for common-law partners (27%)
Marital status of residents 15 and over, with common-law couples counted apart.
Marital status · residents 15 and over
With married residents 15 and over at 31%, Lyster is behind 85% of Canadian towns on that count. Across Canada’s towns, common-law partners come to 11%.
85% of households live in a single-detached house, more than in 81% of Canadian towns
Houses and apartments, owners and renters, older and newer homes. Prices, rents and shelter costs are on Cost of living.
Type of home
Owners and renters · share of households
When homes were built · share of homes
Compared with 25% across Canada’s towns, just over a fifth of households rent their home here. The usual figure: 64% of households live in a single-detached house across Canada’s towns. 43% of homes were built before 1961 and 14% in 2001 or later. Households in buildings of five or more storeys are rarer here than in 74% of Canadian towns.
Median household income: $57,600 a year
Census incomes cover 2020, when emergency benefits like CERB lifted many households’ totals. Total household income: the median household, and the spread from low to high.
Households by income · share of households
The median across Canada’s towns is $86,000; Lyster’s, at $57,600, is 33% lower. Household incomes across Quebec’s towns have a median of $74,000. Pandemic benefits reached 28% of residents with an income, against a typical 28%.
0.7% of residents are immigrants
Immigrants by continent of birth and when they arrived, citizenship, and who moved in recently.
Immigrants, by continent of birth · share of all residents; the bar runs to 20%
When immigrants arrived · share of immigrants
Citizenship and moving · share of residents
Set against 17% across Canada’s towns, 0.7% of residents are immigrants in Lyster. Locally, 3.9% of residents are not Canadian citizens.
79% said they are Christian and 21% that they have no religion
Visible minority, Indigenous identity and religion, as residents answered the census.
Visible minority and Indigenous identity · all residents
Religion · all residents
15% of residents belong to a visible minority across Canada’s towns, against 3.9% in Lyster. Indigenous residents account for 3.6%.
8.3% of residents 25 to 64 hold a bachelor’s degree or higher, fewer than in 98% of Canadian towns
From no certificate to a master’s: residents 25 to 64.
Highest qualification · residents 25 to 64
Holding no credential: 23% (typical 9.5%). Typically, 27% of residents 25 to 64 hold a bachelor’s degree or higher across Canada’s towns.
In work on census day: 61% of adults
May 2021 was still a pandemic month: the census’s work figures reflect that. The census’s work rates at a glance. Jobs, industries and the commute are on Work & commute.
Across Canada’s towns the typical rate is 58%, below this 61%.
Of the 6 towns nearest Lyster, 1 are older
The nearest places, coloured by median age; each links to its own page.
| Town | People | Away | Median age | 65+ | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lyster | 1,679 | — | 48 | 27% | 0.7% |
| Laurierville | 1,368 | 10.7 km | 45.6 | 22% | 0.8% |
| Val-Alain | 1,084 | 11.9 km | 42.8 | 19% | 1.5% |
| Saint-Janvier-de-Joly | 1,204 | 13.6 km | 44 | 21% | 1.4% |
| Saint-Flavien | 1,682 | 14.7 km | 44.4 | 23% | 1.9% |
| Sainte-Agathe-de-Lotbinière | 1,042 | 16.5 km | 50.4 | 26% | 0% |
| Laurier-Station | 2,838 | 17.8 km | 46 | 23% | 1.2% |
Health, work, housing and schools
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Against Quebec’s towns and Canada’s towns. Two medians frame each figure: one for Quebec’s towns and neighbourhoods of 2,500 or more, one for all Canadian towns of that size, with whole cities and First Nations reserves left out. Percentiles rank the town within Canada.
- What these tables don’t give. Not in the Census Profile: unpaid care, cars, internet access, and how each age group has changed since 2016. We also chart no ethnic origins besides visible minority and Indigenous identity.
- The census’s own words. These are self-reported answers: Indigenous identity, immigrant status, religion. The census’s “visible minority” comes from the Employment Equity Act (non-white in colour or race, Indigenous peoples aside), and the page sets each beside other towns without labelling any.
Questions about Lyster’s residents
What is the population of Lyster?
The latest figure is an estimate: 1,679 residents in July 2025. At the 2021 Census, Lyster counted 1,587, 1% fewer than 2016.
What is the average age in Lyster?
Half the residents are older than 48 and half younger; 17% are children under 15 and 27% are 65 or over.
Is Lyster bilingual?
English and French: 20% speak both (Canada’s towns: 7.5%). English only: 0%. French only: 79%. French mother tongue: 98%.
How diverse is Lyster?
Across Canada’s towns a typical 17% are immigrants; here, 0.7%. A visible minority makes up 3.9% and Indigenous residents 3.6%.
What religion are people in Lyster?
Most often Christian (79%) or no religion (21%); other religions make up 0%.
Is Lyster good for families?
Children under 15 are 17% of residents, against 16% across Canada’s towns. Couple families make up 51% of households and one-parent families 6.6%. Schools near Lyster are on its Schools page.
What is the median income in Lyster?
Median total household income in Lyster was $57,600 in 2020, against a median of $86,000 across Canada’s towns.
Sources: Statistics Canada, Census Profile, 2021 Census of Population · Statistics Canada, population estimates for 1 July 2025 (table 17-10-0155). 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).