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: Population in 2021: 1728 (2016 to 2021 population change: 16.4%) Population in 2016: 1484 Population in 2011: 1524 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: 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 References Township municipalities in Quebec Incorporated places in Laurentides