Amherst, Quebec

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

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 NaN% from its 2016 population of $1,484$. With a land area of 227.86 km2, it had a population density of in 2021.

Population trend:

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
 * Sainte Agathe Academy (for high school only) in Sainte-Agathe-des-Monts