Members of the Stay Free Alberta Independence movement at a signature collection table in a parking lot, Alberta, Canada, March 2026. An independent Alberta could transform North American energy markets, expanding oil production and strengthening US energy security for decades. (Shutterstock/Habanero Pixel)

Why Does Alberta Want to Leave Canada and Join the US?

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An independent Alberta could transform North American energy markets, expanding oil production and strengthening US energy security for decades.

Canada’s Texas is threatening divorce, and it could eventually become the 51st state, with serious impacts on how much Americans pay for gasoline. The idea of energy giant province Alberta leaving Canada is moving from bumper sticker to reality as organizers say they’ve collected over 300,000 signatures for a referendum to leave Canada.

That’s almost twice the signatures needed, triggering a vote in October where Albertans can decide whether to leave Canada, along with a series of other questions, such as voter ID and limiting welfare to migrants, which have flooded Canada in recent years. According to prediction market Kalshi, odds of independence are now 1-in-4, up from 1-in-10 last December.

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