Nearly 75% of voters in the Alberta referendum chose to remain in Canada.
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Power & PoliticsOct 21, 2026
Elections Alberta's official results show 74.95% of valid Question 10 votes backed remaining in Canada, and AP and other outlets reported about 75% on unofficial counts, so 'nearly 75%' is accurate. The figure is a share of valid votes on the separation question, not of all eligible voters, and the extraction faithfully matches the speaker's 'almost 75%' remark.
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… Our party has had a principle of supporting citizen initiative and referenda, and part of the reason for that is that you're supposed to accept the results when Albertans tell you, in a very clear way, what it is they want. And Albertans are very clear: uh almost 75% said that they wanted to remain in Canada. I think that there's some other indications that they want us to pursue more autonomy in certain areas. We have to wait and see until the final vote is tallied, but I think that the first message is very clear: that Alberta will be part of Canada, and we are …
Power & Politics · · from the transcriptPost →What we found
Supports. Elections Alberta's official results report 1,556,316 votes (74.95%) for remaining a province of Canada on Question 10, against 25.05% for starting a separation process.[2][3]
Supports. AP reported that 75% of voters supported remaining in Canada based on unofficial Elections Alberta results with over 1.9 million votes counted, and the completed count reported by Central Alberta Online gives 74.9%.[1][4]
Context. The referendum was nonbinding and did not ask voters directly about independence; it concerned whether to begin a legal process toward a future binding separation vote.[1][4]
Sources
4 sources: 1 fact-checker, 3 not rated
- 1Canada’s oil-rich Alberta rejects a move toward independence ...apnews.com · fact-checker · cited for: supports, context
- 2Referendum Official Resultselections.ab.ca · not rated · cited for: supports
- 3Just under 75 per cent chose to remain option: Official referendum ...mygrandeprairienow.com · not rated · cited for: supports
- 4Alberta referendum count complete: Nearly 75 per cent favour remaining in Canadacentralalbertaonline.com · not rated · cited for: supports, context
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