Amherst is a
township municipality in the
Canadian province
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of
Quebec
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, located within
Les Laurentides Regional County Municipality.
The village of Vendée is also located within the municipality.
Demographics
In the
2021 Census of Population
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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
Arundel
Arundel ( ) is a market town and civil parish in the Arun District of the South Downs, West Sussex, England.
The much-conserved town has a medieval castle and Roman Catholic cathedral. Arundel has a museum and comes second behind much lar ...
*
Sainte Agathe Academy (for high school only) in
Sainte-Agathe-des-Monts
Sainte-Agathe-des-Monts is a town in the province of Quebec, Canada, in the regional county municipality of Les Laurentides in the administrative region of Laurentides, also known as the "Laurentians" or the Laurentian Mountains (in English). Sa ...
[SAINTE AGATHE HIGH SCOOL ZONE]
. Sir Wilfrid Laurier School Board. Retrieved on September 17, 2017 - See text description of boundaries in
About Us
as well as th
Elementary zone map
- Note that all areas covered in the elementary map are also covered in the secondary one.
References
Township municipalities in Quebec
Incorporated places in Laurentides
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