| Fawcett | |
| Settlement Type: | Hamlet |
| Pushpin Relief: | yes |
| Pushpin Map: | Canada Alberta#CAN AB Westlock |
| Pushpin Map Caption: | Location of Fawcett |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Name: | Canada |
| Subdivision Type1: | Province |
| Subdivision Name1: | Alberta |
| Subdivision Type2: | Region |
| Subdivision Name2: | Central Alberta |
| Subdivision Type3: | Census division |
| Subdivision Name3: | 13 |
| Subdivision Type4: | Municipal district |
| Subdivision Name4: | Westlock County |
| Government Type: | Unincorporated |
| Leader Title1: | Governing body |
| Leader Name1: | Westlock County Council |
| Established Title: | Established |
| Area Footnotes: | (2021) |
| Area Land Km2: | 0.46 |
| Population As Of: | 2021 |
| Population Total: | 60 |
| Population Density Km2: | 130 |
| Timezone: | MST |
| Utc Offset: | −07:00 |
| Timezone Dst: | MDT |
| Utc Offset Dst: | −06:00 |
| Coordinates: | 54.5406°N -114.0947°W |
| Postal Code Type: | Postal code |
| Area Code: | 780, 587, 825 |
| Blank Name: | Highways |
| Blank1 Name: | Waterways |
Fawcett is a hamlet in central Alberta, Canada within Westlock County. It is located on Highway 44, approximately northwest of Edmonton, and four kilometres east of Hubert Lake Wildland Provincial Park.[1]
The community has the name of a railroad officer.[2]
In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Fawcett had a population of 60 living in 31 of its 36 total private dwellings, a change of from its 2016 population of 82. With a land area of, it had a population density of in 2021.[3]
As a designated place in the 2016 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Fawcett had a population of 69 living in 31 of its 37 total private dwellings, a change of from its 2011 population of 73. With a land area of 0.45km2, it had a population density of in 2016.[4]
Fawcett is the hometown of professional hockey player and actor Ross Smith. Ross portrayed the character Barclay Donaldson in the 1977 movie Slap Shot. Casey Fawcett, the previous World Record holder for most glasses held in a single hand,[5] is also a resident of Fawcett.