Situated along Highway 16, the Yellowhead Highway, in central Saskatchewan, the village of Viscount lies between Colonsay to the west and Lanigan to the east. It falls within the Rural Municipality of Viscount No. 341 and Census Division No. 11. The local post office first opened in 1908, the same year the village was formally incorporated on December 17, 1908.
According to the 2021 Census of Population, Viscount was home to 282 residents living in 128 of its 149 private dwellings. That figure marked a notable increase of 21.6% compared to the 2016 census count of 232, which had itself represented a decline of 8.6% from the 2011 population of 252. The village covers a land area of 1.49 square kilometres, giving it a population density of roughly 189.3 people per square kilometre.