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 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.Population trend:
| 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
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