Edmond Lareau, QC (March 13, 1848 – April 21, 1890) was a lawyer, author, journalist and political figure in Quebec.

He was born Pierre-Bénoni-Evremond Lareau in Mount Johnson, Canada East, the son of Pierre-Bénoni Lareau and Odile Sylvestre, and was educated at Collège Sainte-Marie-de-Monnoir and Victoria College in Cobourg, Ontario.

Lareau was admitted to the Quebec bar in 1870 and set up practice in Montreal.

Lareau contributed to the journals La Patrie and Le Temps and was coeditor of the Lower Canada Jurist with John Sprott Archibald.

[1] Lareau published a number of works on the subject of history and law, including: He died in Montreal at the age of 42 and was buried in the Notre Dame des Neiges Cemetery.