The Facts · Services & Mobility

The everyday things we’d have to rebuild

Passports, pensions processing, EI, defence, disaster response, and the freedom to live and work anywhere in Canada — all shared, all at risk.

41M+Fellow citizens you can live and work among1
$9.2BIn federal transfers Alberta receives2
0Embassies or border services we have today3
What we’d have to replace

Four systems we share today

1

Free movement across Canada

Today you can live, work, study, and get care anywhere in Canada. Separation turns that right into a negotiation — with no guaranteed outcome.

2

National defence and security

The Canadian Forces, intelligence sharing, and coast-to-coast disaster response all protect Alberta. Rebuilding them alone costs billions.

3

Federal services you use

Passports, EI, the CRA, food and drug safety, air-traffic control — thousands of services would need Alberta-only replacements overnight.

4

A voice in the world

Canada’s embassies, trade deals, and seat at global tables open doors for Alberta businesses. A new country starts that from scratch.

Where Albertans stand

By the numbers

Recent polling on how Albertans see the vote and the issues that matter to them.

Albertans who would vote to stay in Canada460%
Albertans who name cost of living a top issue564%
Albertans who name health care a top issue662%
Albertans who oppose leaving the CPP748%
The choice

Two very different futures

If Alberta separates

  • Negotiate the right to move and work
  • Build defence and security alone
  • Replace thousands of federal services
  • Open embassies and trade offices from zero
  • Renegotiate every international deal

If Alberta stays

  • Live and work anywhere in Canada
  • Shared, funded national defence
  • Federal services that already work
  • 180+ countries reachable via Canada8
  • Trade deals already in force

Sources

  1. Statistics Canada — Canada's population passed 40 million in 2023 and is now ~41.5M. StatCan.
  2. Department of Finance Canada — Alberta's major federal transfers total ~$9.2B for 2026-27. Finance Canada.
  3. Foreign affairs and border services are exclusively federal (Global Affairs Canada; CBSA); Alberta operates neither. Global Affairs Canada.
  4. Angus Reid Institute (May 2026) — 60% of Albertans would vote to remain in Canada. Angus Reid.
  5. Abacus Data (Feb 2026) — cost of living named a top issue by 64% of Albertans. Abacus Data.
  6. Angus Reid Institute (Mar 2026) — health care named a top issue by ~62% of Albertans. Angus Reid.
  7. Angus Reid Institute (2023) — 48% of Albertans oppose leaving the CPP. Angus Reid.
  8. A Canadian passport provides visa-free/on-arrival access to ~185 destinations; Canada maintains missions in ~180 countries. Henley Passport Index.

This is a demonstration site. Figures are sourced where shown.

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