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 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.
Private dwellings occupied by usual residents (2021): 784 (total dwellings: 1,613)
Mother tongue (2021): English as first language: 4.9% French as first language: 92.5% English and French as first languages: 1.4% Other as first language: 1.4%
Education
Sir Wilfrid Laurier School Board operates English-language schools: Arundel Elementary School in Arundel"Arundel Elementary Zone ." Sir Wilfrid Laurier School Board. Retrieved on September 16, 2017. Sainte Agathe Academy (for high school only) in Sainte-Agathe-des-Monts"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 the Elementary zone map - Note that all areas covered in the elementary map are also covered in the secondary one.
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