Amherst, Quebec

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Amherst
Township municipality
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Road 323 in Amherst
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Location within Les Laurentides RCM
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Amherst
Location in central Quebec
Coordinates: 46°03′N74°46′W / 46.050°N 74.767°W / 46.050; -74.767 [1]
CountryFlag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada
Province Flag of Quebec.svg  Quebec
Region Laurentides
RCM Les Laurentides
ConstitutedMarch 9, 1887
Named for Jeffery Amherst [1]
Government
[2]
 • MayorBernard Lapointe
 •  Federal riding Laurentides—Labelle
 •  Prov. riding Labelle
Area
[2] [3]
 • Total249.40 km2 (96.29 sq mi)
 • Land227.86 km2 (87.98 sq mi)
Population
 (2021) [3]
 • Total1,728
 • Density7.6/km2 (20/sq mi)
 • Pop 2016-2021
Increase2.svg 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
HighwaysQc323.svg R-323
Qc364.svg R-364
Website www.municipalite.
amherst.qc.ca

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

Contents

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

Population trend: [5]

CensusPopulationChange (%)
20211,728Increase2.svg 16.4%
20161,484Decrease2.svg 2.6%
20111,524Increase2.svg 7.2%
20061,421Increase2.svg 17.1%
20011,214Increase2.svg 6.0%
19961,145Increase2.svg 29.7%
1991883Increase2.svg 24.2%
1986711Increase2.svg 0.4%
1981708Increase2.svg 26.4%
1976560Decrease2.svg 0.7%
1971564Decrease2.svg 8.6%
1966617Decrease2.svg 18.5%
1961757Decrease2.svg 10.0%
1956841Decrease2.svg 8.7%
1951921Decrease2.svg 15.2%
19411,086Increase2.svg 31.3%
1931827Decrease2.svg 1.0%
1921835Increase2.svg 17.9%
1911708Increase2.svg 17.0%
1901605Increase2.svg 55.9%
1891388N/A

Private dwellings occupied by usual residents: 876 (total dwellings: 1613)

Mother tongue:

Education

Sir Wilfrid Laurier School Board operates English-language schools:

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References

  1. 1 2 "Banque de noms de lieux du Québec: Reference number 1186". toponymie.gouv.qc.ca (in French). Commission de toponymie du Québec.
  2. 1 2 "Répertoire des municipalités: Geographic code 78070". www.mamh.gouv.qc.ca (in French). Ministère des Affaires municipales et de l'Habitation.
  3. 1 2 "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.




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