Mount Albert is a village located within the Town of East Gwillimbury and is part of York Region.

The establishment of what is now Mount Albert began in the early 19th century, when land in the area was granted by the Crown to friends of the Family Compact, the governing council of Upper Canada.

Industries were primarily agricultural, with grist, flour, woollen and lumber mills located along the Mount Albert Creek.

The main north-south road in the village, Centre Street, was built along the path of an Algonquin Indian trail.

Housing developments slowly expanded the original village in the mid-to-late 20th century, beginning in the 1970s in the south and east quadrants.