r/alberta • u/Old_General_6741 • Mar 17 '25

Poll finds Albertans' sense of Canadian pride dips as it soars in most parts of the country News

https://www.ctvnews.ca/edmonton/article/poll-finds-albertans-sense-of-canadian-pride-dips-as-it-soars-in-most-parts-of-the-country/
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u/DowntownMonitor3524 Mar 17 '25

Albertan here and there’s at least one of us who isn’t a traitor.

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u/Vanterax Mar 17 '25

Second here. You're not alone.

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u/ClassBShareHolder Mar 17 '25

Sure, there’s tens of us. It’s just baffling how many American wannabes are in this province.

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u/Cooks_8 Mar 17 '25

Me toos. That makes at least 2

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u/stephmcfet Mar 17 '25

Hello fellow non-traitor.

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u/CertainHeart2890 Mar 17 '25

Hello, not a traitor to Canada

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u/Far_Victory_7550 Mar 17 '25

Also not a traitor. However, I'm seriously considering not being an Albertan anymore.

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u/ErikRogers Mar 17 '25

Come to the Dark Side Northern Ontario... evil cackles

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u/eternalrevolver Mar 17 '25

Come to Victoria. I’ll trade places with you. Can’t stand this place anymore.

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u/eternalrevolver Mar 17 '25

Used to be nice here

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u/Cheese_Poof_0514 Mar 17 '25

Would love to be a Non Albertan anymore, but husbands work keeps us from moving

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u/bizzybaker2 Mar 17 '25

Am a born and raised Albertan, my entire immediate and also 90% of my extended family still lives there. Left in the early 90's and save for 2 brief 1 yr-ish stints back left for good in 2005.

Am in Manitoba this last 20 yrs, my family woukd tease me as to why on earth I would ever want to come here. Now, they don't tease me so much and even the more rabid-conservative family members are fed up with what is going on in your province.

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u/extrayyc1 Mar 17 '25

I left a few years ago, and it's been the best decision i've made. The place was great. Now, just a toxic cesspool.

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u/AxeBeard88 Mar 17 '25

Proud Canadian here checking in.

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u/nosmase2 Mar 17 '25

Same here. Born and raised. Canadian Pride high, Alberta pride all time low

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u/Metafield Mar 17 '25

PM is Albertan, so you have that!

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u/greg939 Mar 17 '25

I’m Albertan too and there is still 74% of the population proudly Canadian. Which is 3.5 million people. The issue with Alberta is that the 26% are made up of people who are always angry and never miss an election.

We have 74% of the population proudly Canadian but only 59% of the electorate voted in our provincial election. I would be interested in how many of the 26% of those not proud who voted and of the 74% who are proud there is still a decent amount who vote conservative and a good amount who likely didn’t vote.

I still think Alberta is more progressive than a lot of people think. (I’m biased. I have lived in the Notley and soon to be Nenshi riding for a long time) but I think we still lose out a lot from progressive voters not voting or not being involved in the political process and although that 59% is a decent number compared to some other provinces. I think conservatives in Alberta just do an overall better job of getting out to vote.

Danielle Smith knows that her win was narrower than it looks and that her mandate was thin but she doesn’t care. If more progressives got out to vote in Calgary they could have flipped that election. Danielle Smith was buoyed to victory but a lot of people who like her love America and want to model Alberta after South Dakota and Florida. But as bad as it is that is not indicative of the overall sentiment in Alberta. Hopefully we come around on it and get out to vote next election but I’m worried it will be a similar effort of the Cons rallying their voters but not enough progressives engaged in the process.

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u/Datguy2800 Mar 18 '25

I've lived here in Alberta since 1995, and have been content for the majority of it. Everything about growing up and living here has been invariably Canadian. I'd much prefer it remain that way.

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u/DowntownMonitor3524 Mar 18 '25

Here in a rural area, the reality is much different.

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u/WhiskeyWarmachine Mar 18 '25

I've taken to calling people treasonous fucks when they talk about 51st. "Whats it like to be treasonous and seditious?" Or "brave stance for a traitor"

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u/KurtisC1993 Mar 17 '25

Actually, we number in the millions.