Alberta Voters Reject Starting the Process of Independence From Canada, Preliminary Results Show

The voters "have chosen unity," Prime Minister Mark Carney noted with satisfaction on X.

Alberta has some of the world's largest oil reserves, and public opinion there has often been closer to that in similar states in the United States than to opinion in the rest of Canada, the AP news agency reports. As a result, the question of greater autonomy regularly comes up.

But at the moment, many Canadians are also united in their dislike of US President Donald Trump, which has likely weakened the independence side in the referendum.

The votes will be counted in full on Tuesday, and it is unclear when a definitive result will be available.