Yamaska
Municipality
Location within Pierre-De Saurel RCM
Yamaska Location in southern Quebec
Coordinates: 46°00′N 72°55′W / 46°N 72.92°W / 46; -72.92[1]
Country	Canada
Province	Quebec
Region	Montérégie
RCM	Pierre-De Saurel
Constituted	December 19, 2001
Government [2][3]
• Mayor	Louis R. Joyal
• Federal riding	Bécancour—Nicolet—Saurel
• Prov. riding	Richelieu
Area [2][4]
• Total	76.60 km2 (29.58 sq mi)
• Land	73.04 km2 (28.20 sq mi)
Population  (2011)[4]
• Total	1,644
• Density	22.5/km2 (58/sq mi)
• Pop 2006-2011	0.1%
• Dwellings	939
Time zone	UTC−5 (EST)
• Summer (DST)	UTC−4 (EDT)
Postal code(s)	J0G 1W0 & J0G 1X0
Area code(s)	450 and 579
Highways	R-132 R-235
Website	www.yamaska.ca

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:^[5]

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)^[6]