| Lamont | |
| Official Name: | Town of Lamont |
| Settlement Type: | Town |
| Pushpin Map: | CAN AB Lamont#Canada Alberta |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Name: | Canada |
| Subdivision Type1: | Province |
| Subdivision Name1: | Alberta |
| Subdivision Type2: | Region |
| Subdivision Name2: | Central Alberta |
| Subdivision Type4: | Municipal district |
| Leader Title: | Mayor |
| Leader Name: | Kirk Perrin |
| Leader Title1: | Governing body |
| Leader Name1: | Lamont Town Council |
| Leader Title3: | MLA |
| Established Title: | Post office |
| Established Date: | 1906 |
| Established Title1: | Incorporated[1] |
| Established Date1: | |
| Established Title2: | • Village |
| Established Date2: | June 14, 1910 |
| Established Title3: | • Town |
| Established Date3: | May 31, 1968 |
| Area Footnotes: | (2021) |
| Area Land Km2: | 9.14 |
| Population As Of: | 2021 |
| Population Footnotes: | [2] |
| Population Total: | 1744 |
| Population Density Km2: | 190.9 |
| Timezone: | MST |
| Utc Offset: | −7 |
| Timezone Dst: | MDT |
| Utc Offset Dst: | −6 |
| Coordinates: | 53.7603°N -112.7778°W |
| Elevation Footnotes: | [3] |
| Elevation M: | 653 |
| Area Code: | -1+780 |
| Blank Name: | Highways |
| Blank Info: | Highway 15 Highway 831 Highway 29 |
Lamont is a town in central Alberta, Canada. It is located 60km (40miles) east of Edmonton at the junction of Highway 15 and Highway 831.
Settlement began in the 1880s. The area's location along the Victoria Trail, which was used by travellers between Edmonton and Winnipeg through most of the 1800s, aided the area's growing prosperity. This Victoria Trail was a road that ran south of the river, the so-called "plain [plains] trail."[4] (A better known alternative route under the same name ran along the north bank and is now memorialized by the Victoria Trail in Edmonton.)[5]
The town was named in honour of Canadian politician John Henderson Lamont.[6]
Lamont was assigned a Royal Mail Canada post office in 1906,[6] before being incorporated as a village in 1910.[1]
The Lamont Hospital opened in 1912, serving the entire region.[7]
On November 29, 1960, a school bus carrying students from nearby Chipman to school in Lamont was struck by a train, killing 17 students (15 girls and two boys). The collision occurred on the east side of town at a crossing just north of Highway 15 before 9:00 am.[8]
In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, the Town of Lamont had a population of 1,744 living in 684 of its 743 total private dwellings, a change of from its 2016 population of 1,774. With a land area of, it had a population density of in 2021.[9]
In the 2016 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, the Town of Lamont recorded a population of 1,774 living in 664 of its 695 total private dwellings, a change from its 2011 population of 1,753. With a land area of 9.2km2, it had a population density of in 2016.[10]
The Lamont Leader is a weekly newspaper that serves Lamont.[11] [12]