The Township of Alberton is a community in the Rainy River District of Northwestern Ontario, Canada.

Alberton is governed by a town council consisting of a reeve, Michael Ford, and four councillors, Peter Spuzak, Jennifer Johnson, Dianne Glowasky and Dan DeGagne.

Alberton is located in the federal electoral district of Thunder Bay—Rainy River, represented by New Democratic Party MP John Rafferty, and in the provincial electoral district of Kenora—Rainy River, represented by former NDP leader Howard Hampton Alberton has a twenty-member volunteer fire department, and is protected by the Ontario Provincial Police.

The facility is maintained by volunteers of the Alberton Recreation Commission, and hosts ice sports, basketball, rollerblading and other activities.

Highway 602 runs east to west through the southern portion of Alberton, following the Rainy River from Fort Frances to Emo.