title: Yamaska, Quebec
text: # Yamaska, Quebec
  
  Yamaska is a municipality in the Pierre-De Saurel Regional County Municipality, in the Montérégie region of Quebec. The population as of the Canada 2011 Census was 1,644.
  
  ## Demographics
  
  ### Population
  
  Population trend:
  
  | Census | Population | Change (%) |
  | - | - | - |
  | 2011 | 1,644 | 0.1% |
  | 2006 | 1,643 (+) | 72.25% |
  | 2001 | 456 | 2.1% |
  | 1996 | 466 | 2.9% |
  | 1991 | 453 | N/A |
  
  (+) Amalgamation of Parish of Saint-Michel-d'Yamaska and the Villages of Yamaska and Yamaska-Est.
  
  ### Language
  
  Mother tongue language (2006)
  
  | Language | Population | Pct (%) |
  | - | - | - |
  | French only | 1,555 | 96.28% |
  | English only | 25 | 1.55% |
  | Both English & French | 15 | 0.93% |
  | Other languages | 20 | 1.24% |
  