Nestled along the shores of Little Beaver Lake in central Alberta, Ferintosh sits approximately 38 kilometres south of Camrose and roughly 102 kilometres southeast of Edmonton. The community falls under the jurisdiction of Camrose County and draws its name from Ferintosh, a place in Scotland. Nearby communities include New Norway, Edberg, Bashaw, and Meeting Creek, all of which dot the surrounding central Alberta landscape.
Ferintosh has a notable administrative history, having originally incorporated as a village on January 9, 1911. For over a century it maintained that status before relinquishing it on January 1, 2020, when it dissolved into a hamlet under Camrose County. According to the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, the community recorded a population of 180 residents occupying 90 of its 105 private dwellings, a decline of approximately 10.9% from the 202 residents counted in the 2016 census. That earlier census had itself reflected growth of 11.6% from the 181 residents recorded in 2011. Ferintosh covers a land area of 0.64 square kilometres, yielding a population density of roughly 281 people per square kilometre.