Amherst

Demographic figures from Statistics Canada. Overview below cites Wikipedia and may reference a different year.

Overview

Amherst may refer to:

Geography

Coordinates & boundaries from the US Census TIGER/Line shapefiles.

Climate

10-year averages from ERA5 reanalysis (Open-Meteo).

Notable people from here

Willard Boyle

Canadian physicist and inventor (1924–2011)

Charles Tupper

6th Prime Minister of Canada (1821-1915)

Feist

Canadian singer

Wyndham Lewis

English painter, writer and critic (1882–1957)

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Sandy Goss

Canadian swimmer, Olympic silver medalist

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Ernest Léger

Canadian Catholic archbishop

Rocky Johnson

Canadian professional wrestler (1944-2020)

Bill Casey

Canadian politician

Bill Riley

Canadian ice hockey player

Edgar Nelson Rhodes

Canadian politician

Edward Barron Chandler

Canadian politician (1800-1880)

Frances Tupper

Canadian first lady

Roger Stuart Bacon

Canadian politician (1926–2021)

William Thomas Pipes

Canadian politician (1850–1909)

Robert B. Dickey

Canadian politician (1800–1903)

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Albert Desbrisay Carter

Canadian flying ace (1892–1919)

People born within ~10 km, from Wikidata (CC0). Click any name for their Wikipedia article.

Nearby places in Nova Scotia

• East Amherst
  1.7 mi away
• Brookdale
  2.9 mi away
• Warren
  4 mi away
• Nappan
  4.4 mi away
• Salem
  6.4 mi away
• Chignecto
  6.4 mi away
• Truemanville
  6.5 mi away
• Lower Maccan
  6.6 mi away
• Minudie
  8.1 mi away
• Barronsfield
  8.5 mi away
• Athol
  10.6 mi away
• South Athol
  12.4 mi away

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Geography & sun

Elevation, sunrise/sunset and daylight from Open-Meteo. Solar climatology from NASA POWER.

Public attention

Pageview totals from the Wikimedia Pageviews API.

Books about Amherst

Town of Amherst, Nova Scotia

Pearson, Norman town and country planner. · 1965

Amherst, Nova Scotia

Will R. Bird · 1900

History of the Amherst, Nova Scotia Police Department

Leonard Harkness · 1989

The Vimy pilgrimage, July 1936

David Pierce Beatty · 1987

Shoreland

Deep Cove shorthorn dividend sale

Deep Cove Farms · 1957

Shoreland, its use, ownership, access and management

1972

AMHERST DEVELOPMENT PLAN

Nova Scotia. Community Planning Division.

Search results from Open Library.

Recently spotted species

Black-capped Chickadee

Poecile atricapillus

Seen 2026-09-24

Canada Goose

Branta canadensis

Seen 2026-09-24

Bald Eagle

Haliaeetus leucocephalus

Seen 2026-09-23

Hickory Tussock Moth

Lophocampa caryae

Seen 2026-09-23

birch polypore

Fomitopsis betulina

Seen 2026-09-22

Great Blue Heron

Ardea herodias

Seen 2026-09-22

Asian Lady Beetle

Harmonia axyridis

Seen 2026-09-22

American Wigeon

Mareca americana

Seen 2026-09-22

fireweed

Chamaenerion angustifolium

Seen 2026-09-22

Research-grade observations from iNaturalist (within ~15 mi).