Alberta votes
Referendum day is October 19
Albertans vote on ten questions in a province-wide referendum on Monday, October 19, 2026. The results are not binding on the Government of Alberta. Below is every question exactly as it appears on the ballot, the key dates and what has changed about voting.
Voting day
October 19
15 days away.
Advance voting
October 13–17
At any advance location in your own electoral division.
Voting by mail
Applications closed
Ballots must reach Elections Alberta by 5:00 p.m. on October 16.
The ten questions
In the order you receive them. Each is a separate numbered, colour-coded ballot (mail-in ballots are all white). Question 10 is a choice between two options; questions 1 to 9 are yes or no. The Orders in Council setting the questions say the results are not binding. Elections Alberta cannot interpret the questions; questions about their meaning go to the Government of Alberta or your MLA.
- Question 10Choose one option · O.C. 160/2026
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?
- Option 1: Alberta should remain a province of Canada.
- 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.
- Question 1Yes or no · O.C. 110/2026
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?
- Question 2Yes or no · O.C. 110/2026
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?
- Question 3Yes or no · O.C. 110/2026
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?
- Question 4Yes or no · O.C. 110/2026
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?
- Question 5Yes or no · O.C. 110/2026
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?
- Question 6Yes or no · O.C. 110/2026
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?
- Question 7Yes or no · O.C. 110/2026
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?
- Question 8Yes or no · O.C. 110/2026
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?
- Question 9Yes or no · O.C. 110/2026
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?
Wording copied from Elections Alberta, checked October 4, 2026.
What’s different since the 2023 election
- In person, you must vote in the electoral division where you ordinarily live: on October 19 at your assigned location, or during advance voting at any advance location in your division. “Vote anywhere” is no longer available.
- Vouching is no longer accepted as identification. More than 50 forms of ID are accepted, including attestation forms.
- Mail-in (special) ballots no longer need a reason, must be returned by mail, and must be received before 5:00 p.m. on the Friday before voting day.
Next provincial election
Monday, October 18, 2027
Set by Alberta’s fixed-date law; the premier can still call an election earlier. A majority needs 44 of 87 seats.
- UCP seats
- 47
- NDP seats
- 39
- Other
- 1
These are the current provincial boundaries, used in the 2019 and 2023 elections. Boundaries for the October 2027 election are not final: a legislature committee is due to report by October 22, 2026.
Alberta.io polling average
All pollsUCP ahead by 5.3 points
| Poll | Date | UCP | NDP | Weight |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Janet Brown | Sep 15 | 41 | 41 | 46% |
| Abacus Data | Sep 7 | 52 | 39 | 28% |
| Research Co. | Aug 25 | 46 | 43 | 13% |
| Leger | Aug 22 | 51 | 41 | 13% |
How the average works
Each pollster’s latest poll from the last 60 days counts once (120 days if fewer than 3 pollsters published). Polls are weighted by age, with weight halving every 14 days, and by the square root of sample size relative to 1,000 (capped at 1.5×; 800 assumed when not published). There is no adjustment for differences between pollsters. Polls measure opinion when they were taken; they are not forecasts.
Data sources
- Elections Alberta : Provincial electoral district boundaries.
- Legislative Assembly of Alberta : Bills, bill stages and MLA roster.
- 338Canada : Index of published Alberta polls.
- Pollster releases : Vote-intention polls from Abacus Data, Angus Reid, Janet Brown, Léger, Mainstreet, Research Co. and others.
Referendum questions and dates are copied from Elections Alberta; check their site for any changes. Compiled by Alberta.io, a service of Avenue.io Inc. Figures can lag or differ from the source; check the source before relying on them. Downloads and feeds