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Don Braid: An independent Alberta would suffer a ‘significant’ exodus, poll suggests

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10.02.2026

Three-quarters of the Albertans who are against separation say they will leave the province if it happens, the Angus Reid poll shows

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The prospect of Alberta leaving Canada is such a hot topic that the other potential “leavers” have been overlooked.

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These are folks who would flee the province if independence goes forward in a serious way.

It’s a massive group, according to a dramatic new poll from the Angus Reid Institute.

“Alberta would risk losing a significant portion of its population,” it says.

“Of the two-thirds who say they would vote in a referendum to stay (in Canada), the vast majority say they would not live in an independent Alberta.

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