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Hamlet
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Country	Canada
Province	Alberta
Region	Central Alberta
Census division	10
Municipal district	County of Vermilion River
Government
• Type	Unincorporated
Area  (2021)
• Land	0.6 km2 (0.2 sq mi)
Population  (2021)
• Total	177
• Density	296.8/km2 (769/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC−07:00 (MST)
• Summer (DST)	UTC−06:00 (MDT)
Area code(s)	780, 587, 825

Islay is a hamlet in central Alberta, Canada within the County of Vermilion River. Previously an incorporated municipality, Islay dissolved from village status on March 15, 1944, to become part of the Municipal District of Vermilion Valley No. 482. The community was named after Islay, in Scotland, the ancestral home of pioneer settlers.

Islay is located 6 kilometres (3.7 mi) north of Highway 16, approximately 36 kilometres (22 mi) west of Lloydminster. Its first school opened in 1907.

Demographics

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As a designated place in the 2016 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Islay recorded a population of 195 living in 80 of its 95 total private dwellings, a change of -6.3% from its 2011 population of 208. With a land area of 0.65 km² (0.25 sq mi), it had a population density of 300.0/km² (777/sq mi) in 2016.