Referendum Results
Alberta referendum: Monday, October 19, 2026.
The unofficial count is complete. Results remain unofficial and are not final until Elections Alberta publishes official results.
Province-wide results by question. Questions 1 to 9 are Yes/No. Question 10 has two options. The question and option text below comes from Elections Alberta.
Elections Alberta has announced that the unofficial count is complete. This does not mean official verification is complete.
This page is manually updated, not an automatic live feed. Last results update: October 25, 2026, 12:47 p.m. MDT.
Where the ballots counted so far come from: 40.4% advance voting, 24.8% special (mail-in) ballots, 33.8% Election Day voting, 1.0% mobile voting.
Note: A voting location is marked reported once at least one question count is entered; 100% reporting alone does not establish count completion. Elections Alberta now explicitly states that the unofficial count is complete (Elections Alberta results notice).
Elections Alberta: official questions and results reporting information · Read our Referendum Guide
Question 10
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?
Unofficial - count complete
Leading (unofficial)
Option 1: Alberta should remain a province of Canada.
Votes: 1,552,251
Percentage: 74.9%
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.
Votes: 519,235
Percentage: 25.1%
Question 1
Do you support the Government of Alberta taking increased control over immigration for the purposes of decreasing immigration to more sustainable levels, prioritizing economic migration and giving Albertans first priority on new employment opportunities?
Unofficial - count complete
Leading (unofficial)
Yes
Votes: 1,129,353
Percentage: 54.9%
No
Votes: 928,742
Percentage: 45.1%
Question 2
Do you support the Government of Alberta introducing a law mandating that only Canadian citizens, permanent residents and individuals with an Alberta-approved immigration status will be eligible for provincially-funded programs, such as health care, education and other social services?
Unofficial - count complete
Leading (unofficial)
Yes
Votes: 1,073,104
Percentage: 52.6%
No
Votes: 968,595
Percentage: 47.4%
Question 3
Assuming that all Canadian citizens and permanent residents continue to qualify for social support programs as they do now, do you support the Government of Alberta introducing a law requiring all individuals with a non-permanent legal immigration status to reside in Alberta for at least 12 months before qualifying for any provincially-funded social support programs?
Unofficial - count complete
Leading (unofficial)
Yes
Votes: 1,093,848
Percentage: 53.1%
No
Votes: 964,279
Percentage: 46.9%
Question 4
Assuming that all Canadian citizens and permanent residents continue to qualify for public health care and education as they do now, do you support the Government of Alberta charging a reasonable fee or premium to individuals with a non-permanent immigration status living in Alberta for their and their family's use of the healthcare and education systems?
Unofficial - count complete
Leading (unofficial)
Yes
Votes: 1,068,086
Percentage: 51.9%
No
Votes: 988,474
Percentage: 48.1%
Question 5
Do you support the Government of Alberta introducing a law requiring individuals to provide proof of citizenship, such as a passport, birth certificate or citizenship card, to vote in an Alberta provincial election?
Unofficial - count complete
Leading (unofficial)
Yes
Votes: 1,200,993
Percentage: 58.1%
No
Votes: 866,555
Percentage: 41.9%
Question 6
Do you support the Government of Alberta working with the governments of other willing provinces to amend the Canadian Constitution to have provincial governments, and not the federal government, select the justices appointed to provincial King's Bench and Appeal courts?
Unofficial - count complete
Yes
Votes: 933,877
Percentage: 45.3%
Leading (unofficial)
No
Votes: 1,129,419
Percentage: 54.7%
Question 7
Do you support the Government of Alberta working with the governments of other willing provinces to amend the Canadian Constitution to abolish the unelected federal Senate?
Unofficial - count complete
Yes
Votes: 970,544
Percentage: 47.3%
Leading (unofficial)
No
Votes: 1,080,588
Percentage: 52.7%
Question 8
Do you support the Government of Alberta working with the governments of other willing provinces to amend the Canadian Constitution to allow provinces to opt out of federal programs that intrude on provincial jurisdiction such as health care, education, and social services, without a province losing any of the associated federal funding for use in its social programs?
Unofficial - count complete
Yes
Votes: 869,617
Percentage: 42.3%
Leading (unofficial)
No
Votes: 1,184,625
Percentage: 57.7%
Question 9
Do you support the Government of Alberta working with the governments of other willing provinces to amend the Canadian Constitution to better protect provincial rights from federal interference by giving a province's laws dealing with provincial or shared areas of constitutional jurisdiction priority over federal laws when the province's laws and federal laws conflict?
Unofficial - count complete
Yes
Votes: 913,370
Percentage: 44.5%
Leading (unofficial)
No
Votes: 1,139,057
Percentage: 55.5%
Source: Elections Alberta. Question text checked October 8, 2026. Percentages are shares of the votes counted for each question. Results remain unofficial until official results are published.
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