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title: "Canton d'Amherst"
url: "https://canadaservicemap.ca/bodies/canton-damherst"
description: "Canton d'Amherst: Amherst is a township municipality in Quebec with a population of 1,728 (2021 Census). Official website: municipalite.amherst.qc.ca."
site: "Canada Service Map"
author: "Mahmoud Halat"
publisher: "Space & Story"
updated: "2026-10-14"
licence: "Built entirely from public data: open data and official government pages. Each record keeps the licence of its source, listed at https://canadaservicemap.ca/data."
---
# Canton d'Amherst

Quebec · Local government

Compiled by Mahmoud Halat, updated 14 October 2026. Not a government website. The official page always has the final word.

## About

Amherst is a township municipality in Quebec with a population of 1,728 (2021 Census).

Written by Canada Service Map from [Statistics Canada 2021 Census data](https://www150.statcan.gc.ca/t1/tbl1/en/tv.action?pid=9810000201). Data licence: Statistics Canada Open Licence.

## Facts

- Jurisdiction: Quebec
- Layer: Local government
- Class: Townships and cantons
- Population: 1,728 (2021 Census)
- City page: [Amherst, QC](https://canadaservicemap.ca/places/quebec/amherst)
- Wikidata: [Q2843181](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2843181)

## Official website

- [municipalite.amherst.qc.ca](https://www.municipalite.amherst.qc.ca)

## Places on record

Operator on record for 2 places, from open data, by type. Operators are matched from the source records and may be approximate.

- Libraries: 2

## Related bodies

More bodies of the same class (Townships and cantons) in Quebec.

- [Canton d'Havelock](https://canadaservicemap.ca/bodies/canton-dhavelock)
- [Canton de Bedford](https://canadaservicemap.ca/bodies/canton-de-bedford)
- [Canton de Clermont](https://canadaservicemap.ca/bodies/canton-de-clermont)
- [Canton de Cloridorme](https://canadaservicemap.ca/bodies/canton-de-cloridorme)
- [Canton de Ham-Nord](https://canadaservicemap.ca/bodies/canton-de-ham-nord)
- [Canton de Harrington](https://canadaservicemap.ca/bodies/canton-de-harrington)
- [Municipalité de Canton de Trécesson](https://canadaservicemap.ca/bodies/municipalite-de-canton-de-trecesson)
- [Municipalité de Canton de Valcourt](https://canadaservicemap.ca/bodies/municipalite-de-canton-de-valcourt)
- [Municipalité de Canton Guérin](https://canadaservicemap.ca/bodies/municipalite-de-canton-guerin)
- [Municipalité de Cantons unis de Latulipe-et-Gaboury](https://canadaservicemap.ca/bodies/municipalite-de-cantons-unis-de-latulipe-et-gaboury)
- [Municipalité de la partie Sud-Est du Canton de Ristigouche](https://canadaservicemap.ca/bodies/municipalite-de-la-partie-sud-est-du-canton-de-ristigouche)
- [Municipality of the Township of Gore](https://canadaservicemap.ca/bodies/municipality-of-the-township-of-gore)

## Sources

- Description written by Canada Service Map from [Statistics Canada 2021 Census data](https://www150.statcan.gc.ca/t1/tbl1/en/tv.action?pid=9810000201). Data licence: Statistics Canada Open Licence.
- Record from: [Statistics Canada, Public Sector Universe](https://www150.statcan.gc.ca/n1/pub/68-516-x/68-516-x2016001-eng.htm). Licence: Statistics Canada Open Licence.

## More

- [View it in the explorer](https://canadaservicemap.ca/explore?sel=psu:2146478503), with the sources of its record.
- [Places and services in Amherst, QC](https://canadaservicemap.ca/places/quebec/amherst)
- [Public services in Quebec](https://canadaservicemap.ca/provinces/quebec)
- [Data and sources](https://canadaservicemap.ca/data): every record keeps the licence of its source.

## Cite this page

Canada Service Map, "Canton d'Amherst", updated 14 October 2026, https://canadaservicemap.ca/bodies/canton-damherst