Between Us: Regional and Partisan Divides in Canada

April 23, 2025

The 2025 elections have witnessed rising concern over the state of relations between Alberta and the rest of Canada. Underlying the tension are partisan/ideological differences within Canada that will most certainly be reflected in the results of the April 28 election with Alberta voting massively for the Conservatives relative to the Eastern Canadian voting pattern. Though the sentiment isn’t new, persistent feelings of disempowerment and alienation amongst Albertans may contribute to less desire for engagement with the federal government. How is the state of relations between Albertans and other Canadians seen across the country? By comparison what is the view of the relationship between Quebec and the ROC? Finally, how do Canadians see relations between Liberals and Conservatives in Canada? The Association for Canadian Studies commissioned Leger Marketing to ask Canadians these questions in providing insight into the extent to which the divide is viewed as partisan and/or regional and what it might imply for cooperation going forward. These findings emerge from a survey conducted by Leger Marketing for the Association for Canadian Studies over the period April 17-19, 2025 with1603 respondents in Canada. A margin of error cannot be associated with a non-probability sample in a panel survey for comparison purposes. A probability sample of 1603 respondents would have a margin of error of ±2.5%, 19 times out of 20.