This cantonment was established in the year 1843 and is an important centre for manufacturing of scientific and surgical instruments.

As of 2011[update] India census, Ambala Cantonment had a population of 55,370.

[1][better source needed] Scientific and surgical instruments are manufactured in Ambala Cantonment.

Delhi-Kalka and Saharanpur-Ludhiana's railway lines pass through this junction[4] G.T.

[5][6] Convent of Jesus and Mary is a girls' day-school in Ambala Cantonment.