Albertans overwhelmingly vote to remain part of Canada<\/p>\n
Published 5:53 am Tuesday, October 20, 2026<\/p>\n
A large majority of Albertans rejected a push to explore the potential of separating from Canada on Oct. 19. <\/p>\n
The unofficial results, which trickled in from Elections Alberta in the early hours of Oct. 20, indicated that a majority of Albertans wished to remain in Canada.<\/p>\n
Referendum question 10 on Oct. 19 asked Albertans:<\/p>\n
Should Alberta remain a province of Canada, or should the Government of Alberta commence the legal process required under the Canadian Constitution to hold a binding provincial referendum on whether or not Alberta should separate from Canada?<\/p>\n
Option 1: Alberta should remain a province in Canada.<\/p>\n
Option 2: The Government of Alberta should commence the legal process required under the Canadian Constitution to hold a binding provincial referendum on whether or not Alberta should separate from Canada<\/p>\n
According to Elections Alberta, 76 per cent (1,346,259) of Albertans voted for Option 1 on the ballot, with 24 per cent choosing Option 2 (426,648). <\/p>\n
Premier Danielle Smith said she was pleased to see support to remain part of Canada.<\/p>\n
\u201cAlbertans have voted for a stronger Alberta in a united Canada,\u201d she said. <\/p>\n
\u201cThank you to all Albertans who took time to vote on these critically important referendum questions.\u201d<\/p>\n
Monte Solberg, Founder of Vote to Stay, an organization that mobilized Albertans to get out and vote to remain a part of Canada, said this should be a unifying moment for the province.<\/p>\n
\u201cAlbertans have spoken loud and clear, voting overwhelmingly to stay in Canada and reject separation,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n
\u201cAlberta\u2019s future is about building a stronger province alongside our fellow Canadians, not breaking our country apart.\u201d<\/p>\n
Results in Central Alberta for Question 10 were as follows:<\/p>\n
Red Deer-North (64\/64 polls reporting, 21,360 votes)<\/p>\n
Option 1: 70% (14,908)<\/p>\n
Option 2: 30% (6,452)<\/p>\n
Red Deer-South (57\/73 polls reporting, 25,868 votes)<\/p>\n
Option 1: 70% (18,224)<\/p>\n
Option 2: 30% (7,644)<\/p>\n
Lacombe- Ponoka (71\/72 polls reporting, 24,573 votes)<\/p>\n
Option 1: 58% (14,148)<\/p>\n
Option 2: 42% (10,425)<\/p>\n
Maskwacis-Wetaskiwin (33\/57 polls reporting, 18,553 votes)<\/p>\n
Option 1: 68% (12,613)<\/p>\n
Option 2: 32% (5,920)<\/p>\n
Innisfail- Sylvan Lake (44\/73 polls reporting, 10,439 votes)<\/p>\n
Option 1: 64% (6,696)<\/p>\n
Option 2: 36% (3,743)<\/p>\n
Drumheller-Stettler (42\/71 polls reporting, 15,457 votes)<\/p>\n
Option 1: 52% (8,107)<\/p>\n
Option 2: 48% (7,350)<\/p>\n
Rimbey-Rocky Mountain House-Sundre (34\/85 polls reporting, 6,053 votes)<\/p>\n
Option 1: 63% (3,793)<\/p>\n
Option 2: 37% (2,270)<\/p>\n
Olds-Didsbury-Three Hills (71\/71 polls reporting, 27,511 votes)<\/p>\n
Option 1: 55% (15,212)<\/p>\n
Option 2: 45% (12,299)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Albertans overwhelmingly vote to remain part of Canada Published 5:53 am Tuesday, October 20, 2026 By Red Deer…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":940111,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[901,49,48,44],"class_list":["post-940110","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-canada","tag-alberta","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/940110","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=940110"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/940110\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/940111"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=940110"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=940110"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=940110"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}