Alberta premier falls to personal low in approval rating
Posted June 11, 2026 3:11 pm.
Last Updated June 11, 2026 6:36 pm.
Alberta’s Premier Danielle Smith has fallen to a new personal low in approval ratings, according to the latest poll from Angus Reid Institute.
Roughly 39 per cent of Albertans polled felt that Smith was doing a good job as the province’s leader. This was a seven-point drop from the last poll.
Smith wasn’t the only premier to fall to a personal low, as she was joined by British Columbia’s David Eby and Ontario’s Doug Ford.
Manitoba’s Premier Wab Kinew received the highest approval rating out of all premiers.
Kinew was joined only by Newfoundland and Labrador’s Premier as the only two who increased in approval ratings.
Roughly three-in-five Manitobans say that Kinew is doing a good job as premier, which is 12 points higher than the next closest premier.
New to the list was Quebec’s Christine Fréchette, and so far as leader, only two-in-five Quebecers approve of the job she’s doing; however, that is a 13-point improvement over the final approval rating registered for former Premier Francois Legault.
For a complete outlook on the poll, visit the Angus Reid Institute website.
The online survey was conducted from May 7–11, 2026, among a randomized sample of 1,803 Canadian adults who are members of Angus Reid Forum. For comparison purposes only, a probability sample of this size would carry a margin of error of +/− 2 percentage points, 19 times out of 20.
