75% of Albertans want to stay in Canada.
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Power & PoliticsOct 21, 2026
Referendum results reported by AP (tier1) showed about 75% of voters backed remaining in Canada on 2026-10-21, with CBC reporting more than 75% and CKOM's final count at three-quarters. The claim's loose wording of 'Albertans' for 'voters' is a minor imprecision, since turnout was 70.4%.
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… Again, I think she did the only thing she could do. You, you have to make it abundantly obvious that you are not going to be standing on the side of separatists. There's no way that you can get that number, 75% of Albertans who say they want to stay put and not say sayonara, to a, you know, a small part of the party who's looking for something different. So, you know, well, Albertans agree that it's authentic or not, I really think that it was the only political play for her today. …
Power & Politics · · from the transcriptPost →What we found
Supports. AP reported that 75% of voters supported remaining in Canada, based on unofficial Elections Alberta results with 90% of voting areas reported.[1]
Supports. CBC News reported that more than 75 per cent of voters wanted to remain part of the country, according to the latest results.[3]
Supports. Final numbers reported that three-quarters of voters, about 1.56 million Albertans, said they wanted to stay in Canada, with turnout at 70.4%.[4]
Context. Pre-vote Angus Reid polling showed 61–66% of Albertans planned to vote to remain, a different measure from the referendum result and not a contradiction of it.[2][5]
Context. The figure refers to voters in a referendum, not all Albertans, so the claim's wording is loose, though the core figure matches the record.[1][4]
Sources
5 sources: 2 fact-checkers, 3 not rated
- 1Canada's oil-rich Alberta rejects a move toward independence in ...apnews.com · fact-checker · cited for: supports, context
- 2Alberta votes on leaving Canada; separatist movement likely to outlast expected defeatreuters.com · fact-checker · cited for: context
- 3How CBC News projects results - Alberta premier pledges to honour 'remain' vote, won't have 2nd referendum on separationcbc.ca · not rated · cited for: supports
- 4Final numbers in: Alberta separation referendum turnout pegged at 70.4 per centckom.com · not rated · cited for: supports, context
- 5Alberta vote: ‘Stay’ outweighs ‘Leave’ 2:1; two-in-five ...angusreid.org · not rated · cited for: context
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