Amherst, Quebec

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

Amherst
Township municipality
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 km^2 (96.29 sq mi)
• Land	231.18 km^2 (89.26 sq mi)
Population  (2011)[3]
• Total	1,524
• Density	6.6/km^2 (17/sq mi)
• Pop 2006-2011	7.2%
• Dwellings	1,608
Time zone	UTC−5 (EST)
• Summer (DST)	UTC−4 (EDT)
Postal code(s)	J0T 2L0 & J0T 2T0
Area code(s)	819
Highways	Route 323 Route 364
Website	www.municipalite. amherst.qc.ca

The village of Vendée is also located within the municipality.

Demographics

Population trend:[4]

• Population in 2011: 1524 (2006 to 2011 population change: 7.2%)
• 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: 760 (total dwellings: 1608)

Mother tongue:

• English as first language: 0.7%
• French as first language: 97.2%
• English and French as first language: 0%
• Other as first language: 2.1%

Education

Sir Wilfrid Laurier School Board operates English-language schools:

• Arundel Elementary School in Arundel[5]
• Sainte Agathe Academy (for high school only) in Sainte-Agathe-des-Monts[6]

References

1. Reference number 1186 of the Commission de toponymie du Québec (in French)
2. Geographic code 78070 in the official Répertoire des municipalités (in French)
3. "(Code 2478070) Census Profile". 2011 census. Statistics Canada. 2012.
4. Statistics Canada: 1996, 2001, 2006, 2011 census
5. "Arundel Elementary Zone." Sir Wilfrid Laurier School Board. Retrieved on September 16, 2017.
6. "SAINTE AGATHE HIGH SCOOL ZONE" [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 - Note that all areas covered in the elementary map are also covered in the secondary one.