Amherst, Quebec

Amherst is a township municipality in the Canadian province of Quebec, located within Les Laurentides Regional County Municipality.

Amherst
Township municipality
Road 323 in Amherst
Location within Les Laurentides RCM
Amherst Location in central Quebec
Coordinates: 46°03′N 74°46′W[1]
Country	Canada
Province	Quebec
Region	Laurentides
RCM	Les Laurentides
Constituted	March 9, 1887
Named for	Jeffery Amherst[1]
Government [2]
• Mayor	Bernard Lapointe
• Federal riding	Laurentides—Labelle
• Prov. riding	Labelle
Area [2][3]
• Total	249.40 km2 (96.29 sq mi)
• Land	227.86 km2 (87.98 sq mi)
Population  (2021)[3]
• Total	1,728
• Density	7.6/km2 (20/sq mi)
• Pop 2016-2021	16.4%
• Dwellings	1,613
Time zone	UTC−5 (EST)
• Summer (DST)	UTC−4 (EDT)
Postal code(s)	J0T 2L0 & J0T 2T0
Area code	819
Highways	R-323 R-364
Website	www.municipalite. amherst.qc.ca

The village of Vendée is also located within the municipality.

Demographics

In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Amherst had a population of 1,728 living in 876 of its 1,613 total private dwellings, a change of 16.4% from its 2016 population of 1,484. With a land area of 227.86 km² (87.98 sq mi), it had a population density of 7.6/km² (19.6/sq mi) in 2021.^[4]

Population trend:^[5]

Census	Population	Change (%)
2021	1,728	16.4%
2016	1,484	2.6%
2011	1,524	7.2%
2006	1,421	17.1%
2001	1,214	6.0%
1996	1,145	29.7%
1991	883	24.2%
1986	711	0.4%
1981	708	26.4%
1976	560	0.7%
1971	564	8.6%
1966	617	18.5%
1961	757	10.0%
1956	841	8.7%
1951	921	15.2%
1941	1,086	31.3%
1931	827	1.0%
1921	835	17.9%
1911	708	17.0%
1901	605	55.9%
1891	388	N/A

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^[6]
• Sainte Agathe Academy (for high school only) in Sainte-Agathe-des-Monts^[7]

References

1. "Banque de noms de lieux du Québec: Reference number 1186". toponymie.gouv.qc.ca (in French). Commission de toponymie du Québec.
2. "Répertoire des municipalités: Geographic code 78070". www.mamh.gouv.qc.ca (in French). Ministère des Affaires municipales et de l'Habitation.
3. "Data table, Census Profile, 2021 Census of Population - Amherst, Canton (Municipalité de) (CT) [Census subdivision], Quebec". 9 February 2022.
4. "Population and dwelling counts: Canada, provinces and territories, and census subdivisions (municipalities), Quebec". Statistics Canada. February 9, 2022. Retrieved August 28, 2022.
5. Statistics Canada: 1996, 2001, 2006, 2011 census
6. "Arundel Elementary Zone Archived 2017-09-16 at the Wayback Machine." Sir Wilfrid Laurier School Board. Retrieved on September 16, 2017.
7. "SAINTE AGATHE HIGH SCOOL ZONE Archived 2017-09-04 at the Wayback Machine" [sic]. Sir Wilfrid Laurier School Board. Retrieved on September 17, 2017 - See text description of boundaries in: About Us" as well as the Elementary zone map Archived 2017-09-04 at the Wayback Machine - Note that all areas covered in the elementary map are also covered in the secondary one.