Amherst is a township municipality in the

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, located within Les Laurentides Regional County Municipality. The village of Vendée is also located within the municipality.

Demographics

In the

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conducted by Statistics Canada, Amherst had a population of living in of its total private dwellings, a change of from its 2016 population of . With a land area of , it had a population density of in 2021. Population trend: * Population in 2021: 1728 (2016 to 2021 population change: 16.4%) * Population in 2016: 1484 * Population in 2011: 1524 * Population in 2006: 1421 * Population in 2001: 1214 * Population in 1996: 1145 (or 1169 when adjusted for 2001 boundaries) * Population in 1991: 883 Private dwellings occupied by usual residents: 876 (total dwellings: 1613) Mother tongue: * English as first language: 4.9% * French as first language: 92.5% * English and French as first language: 1.4% * Other as first language: 1.4%

Education

Sir Wilfrid Laurier School Board operates English-language schools: * Arundel Elementary School in

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* Sainte Agathe Academy (for high school only) in

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References

Township municipalities in Quebec Incorporated places in Laurentides {{Quebec-geo-stub