Hay Lakes is a village in central Alberta, Canada. It is located along Highway 21, approximately north of Camrose and southeast of Edmonton. Hay Lakes was pioneered and settled primarily by immigrants from Sweden and Norway. Hay Lakes' founding pioneer was James McKernan who established a telegraph station in the area in 1876. In 1911 the Canadian National Railway began its Edmonton to Calgary line which ran through Hay Lakes. Hay Lakes was incorporated as a village in 1928. It was known as the Village of Hay Lake between 1928 and 1932. Demographics In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, the Village of Hay Lakes had a population of 456 living in 176 of its 185 total private dwellings, a change of from its 2016 population of 495. With a land area of , it had a population density of in 2021. In the 2016 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, the Village of Hay Lakes recorded a population of 495 living in 191 of its 203 total private dwellings, a change from its 2011 population of 425. With a land area of , it had a population density of in 2016. See also List of communities in Alberta List of villages in Alberta References External links 1928 establishments in Alberta Villages in Alberta