‘We’re Not Like the Rest of Canada’: Alberta Separatists Seek Independence Vote
5th May 2026
Separatists in Canada’s oil-rich province of Alberta have taken a major step toward forcing an independence referendum—by submitting more than 300,000 signatures to election officials.
Boxes filled with petitions were delivered on Monday, May 4th to Elections Alberta by independence supporters, as a crowd of several hundred gathered waving provincial flags and cheering the campaign.
The organizers claim they have gathered enough support to trigger a vote on whether the western province should break away from Canada.