MacKay, Alberta
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| subdivision_name = Canada
| subdivision_type1 = Province
| subdivision_name1 = Alberta
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| subdivision_type3 = Municipal district
| subdivision_name3 = Yellowhead County
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| established_title = Hamlet designation
| established_date = May 14, 1979
| established_title1 = Hamlet repeal
| established_date1 = February 26, 2016
| area_land_km2 = 0.02
| population_as_of = 2021
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| population_total = 10
| population_density_km2 = 512.8
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MacKay is a locality in west-central Alberta, Canada within Yellowhead County. It is located on the Yellowhead Highway (Highway 16) approximately {{convert|57|km|mi|abbr=on}} east of Edson.
Statistics Canada recognizes MacKay as a designated place. It was designated as a hamlet between 1979 and 2019.
History
MacKay was designated a hamlet by the Government of Alberta on May 14, 1979, for the purpose of accessing street restoration funding.{{cite web | url=https://yellowheadcounty.civicweb.net/FileStorage/FE6600B4046841E289371A3F46045997-Bylaw%2003.19%20to%20Repeal%20Bylaw%201.79%20Establishment%20.pdf | title=Bylaw 03.19 to Repeal Bylaw 1.79 Establishment of Hamlet Boundaries (MacKay) | publisher=Yellowhead County | date=February 26, 2019 | accessdate=August 1, 2021}} Yellowhead County repealed the hamlet designation on February 26, 2019.{{cite web | url=https://yellowheadcounty.civicweb.net/document/31645 | title=Council Meeting Minutes | publisher=Yellowhead County | date=February 26, 2019 | accessdate=August 1, 2021}}
Demographics
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{{1991CDNcuipr}}{{1996CDNcdplr}}{{cite web | url=https://www12.statcan.gc.ca/english/census01/products/standard/popdwell/Table-CSD-D.cfm?PR=48 | title=Population and Dwelling Counts, for Canada, Provinces and Territories, and Census Divisions, 2001 and 1996 Censuses - 100% Data (Alberta) | publisher=Statistics Canada | date=August 15, 2012 | accessdate=September 19, 2024}}{{cite web | url=https://www12.statcan.gc.ca/census-recensement/2006/dp-pd/hlt/97-550/Index.cfm?TPL=P1C&Page=RETR&LANG=Eng&T=1302&SR=1&S=1&O=A&RPP=9999&PR=48&CMA=0 | title=Population and dwelling counts, for Canada, provinces and territories, and designated places, 2006 and 2001 censuses - 100% data (Alberta) | publisher=Statistics Canada | date=July 20, 2021 | accessdate=September 19, 2024}}{{cite web | url=http://www12.statcan.gc.ca/census-recensement/2011/dp-pd/hlt-fst/pd-pl/Table-Tableau.cfm?LANG=Eng&T=1302&PR=48&S=51&O=A&RPP=25 | title=Population and dwelling counts, for Canada, provinces and territories, and designated places, 2011 and 2006 censuses (Alberta) | publisher=Statistics Canada | date=February 8, 2012 | access-date=September 19, 2024}}
|1991|18
|1996|19
|2001|15
|2006|30
|2011|5
|2016|10
|2021|10
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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 {{percentage|{{#expr:10-10}}|10|1}} from its 2016 population of 10. With a land area of {{cvt|0.02|km2}}, it had a population density of {{Pop density|10|0.02|km2|sqmi|prec=1}} in 2021.{{cite web | url=https://www150.statcan.gc.ca/t1/tbl1/en/cv.action?pid=9810001201 | title=Population and dwelling counts: Canada and designated places | publisher=Statistics Canada | date=February 9, 2022 | accessdate=February 10, 2022}}
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 {{percentage|{{#expr:10-5}}|5|1}} from its 2011 population of 5. With a land area of {{convert|0.02|km2|sqmi|abbr=on}}, it had a population density of {{Pop density|10|0.02|km2|sqmi|prec=1}} in 2016.{{cite web | url=http://www12.statcan.gc.ca/census-recensement/2016/dp-pd/hlt-fst/pd-pl/Table.cfm?Lang=Eng&T=1301&SR=1&S=45&O=A&RPP=9999&PR=48&CMA=0#tPopDwell | title=Population and dwelling counts, for Canada, provinces and territories, and designated places, 2016 and 2011 censuses – 100% data (Alberta) | publisher=Statistics Canada | date=February 8, 2017 | access-date=February 13, 2017}}
See also
References
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Category:Designated places in Alberta
Category:Former hamlets in Alberta
Category:Localities in Yellowhead County
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