{"id":1454838,"date":"2026-10-20T10:25:26","date_gmt":"2026-10-20T07:25:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/one-of-canadas-richest-provinces-voted-on-secession-what-did-the-residents-decide\/"},"modified":"2026-10-20T10:25:26","modified_gmt":"2026-10-20T07:25:26","slug":"one-of-canadas-richest-provinces-voted-on-secession-what-did-the-residents-decide","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/one-of-canadas-richest-provinces-voted-on-secession-what-did-the-residents-decide\/","title":{"rendered":"One of Canada’s richest provinces voted on secession: what did the residents decide?"},"content":{"rendered":"

Residents of the Canadian province of Alberta have voted against starting the process of secession from Canada. According to preliminary results of the referendum, 77% of voters supported keeping the province as part of the country.<\/strong><\/p>\n

This is reported by<\/a> CBC News.<\/p>\n

The referendum was held on October 19. About 23% of participants supported starting the procedure for the possible separation of Alberta.<\/p>\n

The vote did not involve the province’s immediate secession from Canada. A victory for independence supporters would have triggered preparations for a new, legally binding referendum. <\/p>\n

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The result was a political victory for Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney, who had opposed secession. The final vote results are due to be announced on October 29.<\/p>\n

Alberta is an oil-rich province with a population of about five million people. The region has a long-standing independence movement.<\/p>\n

Recall that previously, US President Donald Trump proposed that Canada become the 51st American state<\/a> . He argued that this would allow Canadians to receive lower taxes and better military protection.<\/p>\n

Trump has also joked about Canada, Greenland, and Venezuela joining the U.S.<\/a> During a speech at a closed event in February 2026, he again mentioned Canada as a potential 51st state.<\/p>\n

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Residents of the Canadian province of Alberta have voted against starting the process of secession from Canada. According to preliminary results of the referendum, 77% of voters supported keeping the province as part of the country. This is reported by CBC News. The referendum was held on October 19. About 23% of participants supported starting […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":67,"featured_media":1454822,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ep_exclude_from_search":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[76870,76871,76872,76875],"class_list":["post-1454838","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-world","category-news-2","category-news-feed","category-other-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1454838","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/67"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1454838"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1454838\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1454822"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1454838"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1454838"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}