Tucked into the northern Alberta landscape roughly 33 kilometres northwest of the Town of St. Paul, Ashmont sits near the junction of Highway 28 and Highway 36 within the County of St. Paul No. 19. The hamlet rests at an elevation of 2,073 feet (632 m) and is surrounded by a collection of lakes, including Lower Mann Lakes, Upper Mann Lake, Batty Lake, Lottie Lake, Floatingstone Lake, and Garner Lake. Provincial recreation areas have been established along the shores of several of these lakes, drawing visitors from the surrounding region.
Ashmont traces its roots to a first settler who named the community after his original home in Ashmont, Boston. It developed as a farming settlement in the early 1900s, and by the 1960s supported a grain elevator, four general stores, a pool hall, a Legion Hall, two gas stations, and a school. Like many small rural communities across the prairies, it has experienced a gradual decline over the decades. Today, a single store remains in operation, sustained in part by the nearby lake communities, and a K-to-12 school continues to serve local families. According to the 2021 Census conducted by Statistics Canada, Ashmont had a population of 125 people living in 51 of its 59 private dwellings, representing a modest decrease from 133 residents recorded in 2016 and a more notable drop from 188 in 2011. The hamlet covers a land area of 1.11 km2, with a population density of approximately 112.6 people per km2.