# Alberta voters reject separation from Canada, early results show

https://mins.news/en/item/107396

- Al Jazeera, 2026-10-20 06:37 UTC
- Politics
- Original: https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/10/20/alberta-voters-reject-separation-from-canada-early-results-show?traffic_source=rss

> In Alberta’s first referendum on separation, early results showed about 76 percent of more than one million counted votes favored staying in Canada, while 23 percent backed starting a process that could lead to separation. The vote was not a direct independence referendum, but could have set the province on a path to a future vote.

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