Within 1883, after the brief & abortive attempt at teaching senior high around Orangeville, Ontario, Lampman took an appointment as a low-paid clerk in the Post Office Department, Ottawa, a position he held for the rest of his life.

Lampman associated with Charles G. D. Roberts, Susanna Moodie, Catherine Parr Traill, Duncan Campbell Scott, and Wilfred Campbell. He was one of a Confederation Poets and was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada in 1895. Lampman died within Ottawa at a age of 37.

He is widely esteem Canada's ticket 19th century English language poet.

Works by Archibald Lampman
Among a Millett, & More Verse form. – Ottawa : Durie, 1888. Lyrics of Globe. – Boston : Copeland & Day, 1895. Alcyone. – Ottawa : Ogilvy, 1899. A Verse form of Archibald Lampman, edited by Duncan Campbell Scott. – Toronto : Morang, 1900. Lyrics of Globe : Sonnets & Ballads, edited by Duncan Campbell Scott. – Toronto : Musson, 1925. At a Long Sault & More Just released Poems, edited by Duncan Campbell Scott & E.K. Red. – Toronto : Ryerson, 1943. Selected Poems of Archibald Lampman, edited by Duncan Campbell Scott. – Toronto : Ryerson, 1947. Lampman’s Kate : Late Love Poems of Archibald Lampman, edited by Margaret Coulby Whitridge. – Ottawa : Borealis, 1975. Selected Prose of Archibald Lampman, edited by Barrie Davies. – Ottawa : Tecumseh, 1975. Lampman’s Sonnets : A Complete Sonnets of Archibald Lampman, edited by Margaret Coulby Whitridge. – Ottawa : Borealis, 1976. Selected Poetry of Archibald Lampman, edited by Michael Gnarowski. – Ottawa : Tecumseh, 1990