Albertans are scheduled to vote Oct. 19, 2026, on nine referendum questions covering immigration, election eligibility and constitutional change.
Albertans are scheduled to vote on Oct. 19, 2026, in a referendum that would put nine questions before the province’s electorate, spanning immigration policy, election rules and Alberta’s relationship with the federal government.
The ballot, as listed in the source material, is split between five non-constitutional questions and four constitutional questions. The first group focuses mainly on provincial control over immigration and access to provincially funded services. The second asks whether Alberta should work with other willing provinces to pursue amendments to the Constitution of Canada.
The non-constitutional questions ask voters whether they support Alberta taking increased control over immigration with the stated goals of reducing immigration to more sustainable levels, prioritizing economic migration and giving Albertans first priority for new jobs. Other questions ask whether provincially funded programs such as health care, education and social services should be limited to Canadian citizens, permanent residents and people with an Alberta-approved immigration status.
Voters are also set to be asked whether people with non-permanent legal immigration status should have to live in Alberta for at least 12 months before qualifying for provincially funded social support programs, while Canadian citizens and permanent residents would continue qualifying as they do now. A related question asks whether Alberta should charge a fee or premium to people with non-permanent immigration status for their family’s use of health care and education, again assuming citizens and permanent residents continue to qualify as they currently do.
The fifth non-constitutional question concerns election security. It asks whether Alberta should require people to provide proof of citizenship, such as a passport, birth certificate or citizenship card, to vote in a provincial election.
The four constitutional questions would not directly amend the Constitution on their own. Instead, they ask whether Alberta should work with other willing provinces to seek changes. Those proposed changes include having provinces, rather than the federal government, select justices appointed to provincial King’s Bench and Appeal courts; abolishing the unelected federal Senate; allowing provinces to opt out of federal programs in areas such as health care, education and social services without losing associated federal funding; and giving provincial laws priority over federal laws when the two conflict in provincial or shared areas of jurisdiction.
The next confirmed step is the scheduled referendum vote itself. The source material does not include turnout rules, campaign details or the legal effect of each result, leaving those questions outside the verified record available here.
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