Amaranth is a township located in Dufferin County, Ontario, Canada, with a 2021 population of 4,327.

Laurelwoods Elementary School is located just outside this community, on the 6th Line and 10th Sideroad.

The township building is also at this location, and has a park with baseball diamonds and soccer fields on its property.

The system names roads running parallel to Highway 10 in Amaranth "Lines."

The township of Amaranth comprises a number of villages and hamlets, including the following communities such as Amaranth Station, Blacks Corners, Bowling Green, Campania, Crombie, Farmington, Fraxa, Jessopville, Laurel, Laurel Station, Maple Grove, Waldemar, Whittington; Bates' Corners, Coleridge, Fern Bank, Hall's Corners, Kennedy's Corners, Rich Hill, The Gore In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Amaranth had a population of 4,327 living in 1,372 of its 1,428 total private dwellings, a change of 6.1% from its 2016 population of 4,079.