| MacKay | |
| Settlement Type: | Locality |
| Pushpin Map: | CAN AB Yellowhead#Alberta |
| Pushpin Mapsize: | 220 |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Name: | Canada |
| Subdivision Type1: | Province |
| Subdivision Name1: | Alberta |
| Subdivision Type3: | Municipal district |
| Subdivision Name3: | Yellowhead County |
| Leader Title1: | Governing body |
| Established Title: | Hamlet designation |
| Established Date: | May 14, 1979 |
| Established Title1: | Hamlet repeal |
| Established Date1: | February 26, 2016 |
| Area Footnotes: | (2021) |
| Area Land Km2: | 0.02 |
| Population As Of: | 2021 |
| Population Total: | 10 |
| Population Density Km2: | 512.8 |
| Timezone: | MST |
| Utc Offset: | −7 |
| Timezone Dst: | MDT |
| Utc Offset Dst: | −6 |
| Coordinates: | 53.6428°N -115.5864°W |
MacKay is a locality in west-central Alberta, Canada within Yellowhead County. It is located on the Yellowhead Highway (Highway 16) approximately 57km (35miles) east of Edson.
Statistics Canada recognizes MacKay as a designated place. It was designated as a hamlet between 1979 and 2019.
MacKay was designated a hamlet by the Government of Alberta on May 14, 1979, for the purpose of accessing street restoration funding.[1] Yellowhead County repealed the hamlet designation on February 26, 2019.[2]
In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, MacKay had a population of 10 living in 4 of its 9 total private dwellings, a change of from its 2016 population of 10. With a land area of, it had a population density of in 2021.[3]
As a designated place in the 2016 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, MacKay had a population of 10 living in 7 of its 12 total private dwellings, a change of from its 2011 population of 5. With a land area of 0.02km2, it had a population density of in 2016.[4]