Robert Mackay is interred with his wife Jane in the Mount Royal Cemetery in Montreal. His daughter, Cairine Mackay Wilson, became the first woman appointed to the Canadian Senate. His home in Montreal's Golden Square Mile was demolished in 1930.
His brother Hugh served in Quebec's Legislative Council.
References
Stewart, Wallace. The Macmillan Dictionary of Canadian biography. (3rd Edition) (1926 โ Macmillan Co. of Canada Ltd.)