Amherst, Nova Scotia

E353406
municipality town

Amherst, Nova Scotia is a small town in Cumberland County near the New Brunswick border, known as a regional service and commercial center in northern Nova Scotia.

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All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Amherst, Nova Scotia canonical 7
Amherst, Nova Scotia, Canada 4

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf municipality ⓘ
town ⓘ
areaCode 782 ⓘ
902 ⓘ
borderCommunityWith New Brunswick ⓘ
borderedBy rural areas of Cumberland County ⓘ
censusDivision Cumberland County, Nova Scotia ⓘ
climate humid continental climate ⓘ
country Canada ⓘ
county Cumberland County, Nova Scotia ⓘ
distanceTo approximately 3 km from New Brunswick border ⓘ
economicRole retail centre for surrounding rural areas ⓘ
service hub for Cumberland County ⓘ
governingBody Amherst Town Council ⓘ
governmentType town council ⓘ
hasIndustry light manufacturing ⓘ
retail trade ⓘ
services ⓘ
hasNeighbouringCommunity Sackville, New Brunswick ⓘ
hasRailService yes ⓘ
hasService education services ⓘ
government services ⓘ
healthcare services ⓘ
retail services ⓘ
isPartOf Canadian Confederation ⓘ
Maritime Provinces ⓘ
locatedIn Atlantic Canada ⓘ
North Shore of Nova Scotia ⓘ
surface form: Northern Nova Scotia
locatedNear New Brunswick border ⓘ
locatedOn Isthmus of Chignecto ⓘ
majorHighway Highway 104 (Nova Scotia) ⓘ
Highway 2 (Nova Scotia) ⓘ
Trans-Canada Highway ⓘ
namedAfter Jeffery Amherst, 1st Baron Amherst ⓘ
surface form: Jeffery Amherst
nearestMajorCity Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada ⓘ
surface form: Halifax, Nova Scotia

Moncton ⓘ
surface form: Moncton, New Brunswick
officialLanguage English ⓘ
postalCodePrefix B4H ⓘ
province Nova Scotia ⓘ
railwayLine Canadian National Railway main line ⓘ
surface form: CN Rail mainline
regionalCentreFor Cumberland County, Nova Scotia ⓘ
regionalImportance primary shopping destination for northern Cumberland County ⓘ
regionalRole commercial centre ⓘ
regional service centre ⓘ
regionServed northern Nova Scotia ⓘ
timeZone Atlantic Time Zone ⓘ
timeZoneDST ADT ⓘ
timeZoneStandard AST ⓘ
transportationRole gateway to Nova Scotia from New Brunswick ⓘ

Referenced by (11)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Pugwash, Nova Scotia, Canada → hasNearbyCity → Amherst, Nova Scotia ⓘ
Nova Scotia Community College → operatesIn → Amherst, Nova Scotia ⓘ
Willard Boyle → placeOfBirth → Amherst, Nova Scotia ⓘ
this entity surface form: Amherst, Nova Scotia, Canada
Amherst → hasToponymicUsage → Amherst, Nova Scotia ⓘ
Sir Charles Tupper → birthPlace → Amherst, Nova Scotia ⓘ
Percy Wyndham Lewis → placeOfBirth → Amherst, Nova Scotia ⓘ
this entity surface form: Amherst, Nova Scotia, Canada
Wyndham Lewis → placeOfBirth → Amherst, Nova Scotia ⓘ
this entity surface form: Amherst, Nova Scotia, Canada
Canadian Car and Foundry → operatedPlantIn → Amherst, Nova Scotia ⓘ
Cumberland County, Nova Scotia → containsSettlement → Amherst, Nova Scotia ⓘ
Cumberland County, Nova Scotia → administrativeCentre → Amherst, Nova Scotia ⓘ
Feist → placeOfBirth → Amherst, Nova Scotia ⓘ
this entity surface form: Amherst, Nova Scotia, Canada