Overview
- Elections Alberta says final voting is Monday and that staff will hand‑count ballots with the separation question counted first and unofficial results posted within about 48 hours.
- Prime Minister Mark Carney and Premier Danielle Smith have campaigned in Alberta this week urging turnout with Carney warning external actors seek to weaken Canada and Smith asking support for nine other provincial‑power measures.
- Most polls show roughly 70% of Albertans prefer to stay in Canada, but advance voting has surged and turnout will be decisive for a possible majority on Question 10.
- A provincial court ruled in May that the chief electoral officer erred by allowing signature drives without consulting Indigenous peoples whose treaty rights could be affected, and that ruling is on appeal.
- A vote for Option 2 on Question 10 would not strip Alberta from Canada immediately but would set in motion a legally fraught process under the Clarity Act that could lead to long negotiations and real economic and social uncertainty for residents.