Fort McKay First Nation

Fort McKay is located along the banks of the Athabasca River. There are approximately 800 members of Dene, Cree and Métis descent who live in Fort McKay.

Association / organization

The Fort McKay Oil Sands Development Company is a branch of the recently created Fort McKay Business Investment Group and has the mandate to create and execute a plan for responsible resource development of Fort McKay First Nation’s Reserve Land 174C (North and South Blocks).
In 2003, Fort McKay First Nation approved the Treaty Land Entitlement (TLE) Settlement Agreement, which included the designation of Reserve 174C for mining purposes. As a result, the surface and subsurface resources of Lease 174C were allocated to Fort McKay for the development of oil sands-related activities only. The taking of necessary steps to develop the leases for the community’s economic benefit was authorized in 2020 and with those steps the Fort McKay Oil Sands Development business arm of the Nation was born.