Alberta is under-represented in the House of Commons.
Claimed by: Common grievance about Alberta's place in Canada
True: True as written according to the settled evidence. How we rate.
Summary
By the numbers this is correct. Alberta holds 37 of 343 House of Commons seats, about 10.9 percent, while it has roughly 11.7 percent of the provincial population, so its seat share trails its population share. Alberta, British Columbia and Ontario are the three under-represented provinces, while smaller provinces are over-represented because of constitutional floors like the senatorial and grandfather clauses. Alberta currently has the most people per member of Parliament of any province. Recent redistribution added Alberta seats, so the gap is modest rather than dramatic, but the direction of the claim is accurate.
Evidence
Alberta has 37 of 343 seats, about 10.9 percent of provincial seats, against roughly 11.7 percent of the population, leaving its seat share below its population share.
Alberta has the lowest representation among provinces, with one member of Parliament for about every 135,000 people, and is one of three under-represented provinces.