Personal information for nearly three million Alberta voters was published online through a separatist database.

Claimed by: Reported by Elections Alberta and Alberta media, April 2026

Updated: Updated August 2026: added privacy commissioner investigation, proposed class action, and ongoing court proceedings; no final OIPC decision yet.

True: True as written according to the settled evidence. How we rate.

Short answer

Elections Alberta confirmed that a searchable online database exposed names, addresses, and voter identification details tied to roughly 2.9 million Albertans. The agency traced the leak to an official elector list legitimately provided to the pro-independence Republican Party of Alberta, then allegedly shared with the Centurion Project, a third-party separatist group not authorized to hold the data.

On April 30, 2026, Elections Alberta obtained an emergency Court of King's Bench injunction ordering the database taken down and requiring the Centurion Project and Republican Party of Alberta to identify who received or accessed the list. Elections Alberta later issued hundreds of cease-and-desist letters to people who accessed it.

What is established

Elections Alberta confirmed that a searchable online database exposed names, addresses, and voter identification details tied to roughly 2.9 million Albertans.
The agency traced the leak to an official elector list legitimately provided to the pro-independence Republican Party of Alberta, then allegedly shared with the Centurion Project, a third-party separatist group not authorized to hold the data.

Timeline

April 30, 2026: Elections Alberta obtained an emergency Court of King's Bench injunction ordering the database taken down and requiring the Centurion Project and Republican Party of Alberta to identify who received or accessed the list.
May 6, 2026: Alberta's privacy commissioner opened a formal PIPA investigation into the Centurion Project.
June 25, 2026: Retired lawyer Clint Docken filed a proposed class-action lawsuit alleging the breach and seeking damages; that suit had not been certified as of August 2026.

What remains uncertain

That investigation and separate RCMP and Elections Alberta inquiries remain ongoing, with no final OIPC decision published as of August 2026.
Elections Alberta has also pursued further court proceedings seeking a permanent injunction.
Liability and the full scope of dissemination remain under investigation and before the courts.

Why this matters for the verdict

Elections Alberta confirmed that a searchable online database exposed names, addresses, and voter identification details tied to roughly 2.9 million Albertans.
The agency traced the leak to an official elector list legitimately provided to the pro-independence Republican Party of Alberta, then allegedly shared with the Centurion Project, a third-party separatist group not authorized to hold the data.
On April 30, 2026, Elections Alberta obtained an emergency Court of King's Bench injunction ordering the database taken down and requiring the Centurion Project and Republican Party of Alberta to identify who received or accessed the list.
The underlying unauthorized disclosure is established.

What the evidence shows

Elections Alberta said a separatist organization known as the Centurion Project distributed elector information through an app containing data for 2.9 million residents, traced via seeded fake names to a list given to the Republican Party of Alberta.
The Globe and Mail (Elections Alberta data breach)
On April 30, 2026, Elections Alberta obtained an ex parte emergency injunction prohibiting further access to or use of the list and directing the Centurion Project and Republican Party of Alberta to identify everyone who received or accessed it.
Elections Alberta (unauthorized use update)
Privacy commissioner Diane McLeod launched a formal PIPA investigation into the Centurion Project on May 6, 2026, examining whether it had authority to collect, use, or disclose personal information derived from the list of electors.
Office of the Information and Privacy Commissioner of Alberta
Retired lawyer Clint Docken filed a proposed class-action lawsuit on June 25, 2026, naming the Alberta government, the chief electoral officer, the Centurion Project, David Parker, and the Republican Party of Alberta; the suit had not been certified as of mid-2026 reporting.
CBC News (proposed class action)