Status verified as of 22 September 2026. Political positions change; this explainer describes the documented position on that date.
Current position
Alberta remains a province of Canada. The Alberta Prosperity Project submitted petition signatures to Elections Alberta on 4 May 2026 in an effort to trigger an independence referendum; no such referendum had been held as of the most recent sources reviewed.[1]
Sources for this page
Each number marks a specific claim. Notes give the source, its locator and how it relates to the claim.
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Claim: The Alberta Prosperity Project (APP), led by businessman Mitch Sylvestre, has campaigned through an initiative called Stay Free Alberta to gather petition signatures in support of a referendum on Albertan independence, proposing the referendum question "Do you agree that the province of Alberta should cease to be a part of Canada to become an independent state?"; on 4 May 2026, Sylvestre submitted boxes of petition signatures to Elections Alberta in an effort to trigger such a referendum.
- Who are the Alberta separatists in Canada asking for Trump's help to split from their country (CNN) link, Referendum question and petition submission section. Source record
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