VANCOUVER—Canada’s two westernmost provinces are often at political loggerheads over pipelines and climate change policy – but a new poll shows that almost half of Albertans would pick British Columbia if they had to live in any other part of Canada.

The survey, conduced by Vancouver-based Research Co., found that 47 per cent of Albertans would pick B.C. over other provinces. That number was higher for Edmonton residents, at 53 per cent, but a bit lower for Calgary, at 45 per cent.

British Columbians aren’t as keen on the idea of moving to Alberta, but would still pick the wild rose province over other parts of Canada: 26 per cent of British Columbians say they would pick Alberta over other provinces. But in Metro Vancouver, more residents would prefer to move to Ontario (24 per cent) than Alberta (20 per cent).

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British Columbians who live outside of the Metro Vancouver area were more likely to pick Alberta as their first option, including 33 per cent of respondents from Northern B.C. and 32 per cent in the Fraser Valley.

For Albertans, Ontario and Saskatchewan were tied as the next most-popular options at 11 per cent.

Research Co.’s poll results were based on an online study conducted between July 23 and July 25 among 800 adults in B.C. and 700 in Alberta, and has a margin of error of plus or minus 3.5 percentage points for the B.C. data and plus or minus 3.7 percentage points for the Alberta data, 19 times out of 20.

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