The District Council of Kanyaka was a local government area in South Australia that existed from 1888 to 1969.

On creation, the council comprised the hundreds of Boolcunda, Cudlamudla, Kanyaka, Moockra and Palmer, and parts of the hundreds of Pichi Richi, Yarrah and Wyacca, east of the Middle Range and Dutchman's Range ridge line, which together make up the eastern two thirds of the County of Newcastle.

[1] The council area thus extended north and east from Pichi Richi Pass (about 10 km (6.2 mi) southwest of Quorn) to a point about 10 km (6.2 mi) due south of Hawker.

Both the town hall and later office survive as of 2015; the latter building has reverted to residential use.

[5] It merged with the Corporate Town of Quorn on 1 April 1969 to form the District Council of Kanyaka-Quorn.