Albertans least likely to say they are proud to be Canadian in new poll

Canada Day is just around the corner and a new Angus Reid Institute poll has revealed that Albertans are the least likely to say they are proud to be Canadian.

New data released yesterday from the non-profit finds Canadians more united in pride, but Alberta respondents were the least likely to say that they are proud to be a Canadian.

In Ontario and Atlantic Canada, for example, half of the population is “very proud” to be Canadian. In Alberta and Saskatchewan, that drops to 38 per cent, and in Quebec, to 30 per cent.

Three-in-10 (28 per cent) in Alberta are not very proud or not proud at all, the highest number in the nation.

Angus Reid Institute

The institute noted that Trump’s tariffs and threats of annexation seemed to snap (most of) the population back into pre-COVID levels of pride; however, it remains well below the high seen in 2016 when 52 per cent of Canadians stated that they were “very proud” to be a Canadian.

Pessimism about the future of Canada reached a high in ARI tracking back in December, with fewer than two-in-five in B.C. (39 per cent), Alberta (32 per cent), Saskatchewan (39 per cent), and Ontario (37 per cent) said they felt Canada had a bright path ahead of it.

This summer rebound in optimism is seen even in Alberta (47 per cent) and Saskatchewan (50 per cent), places that typically trailed other provinces in their view of the country’s future. Now, every region in the country except those two provinces has a positive outlook on Canada’s future.

The Angus Reid Institute conducted the online survey from June 20 to 23, 2025, among a randomized sample of 1,619 Canadian adults who are members of the Angus Reid Forum. The sample was weighted to be representative of adults nationwide according to region, gender, age, household income, and education, based on the Canadian census.

You can view the full Angus Reid Institute report online.