India, Oct. 21 -- Prime Minister Mark Carney on Tuesday signalled he will take concerns over high levels of immigration into consideration, a day after over 75% of those who participated in the referendum in the western province of Alberta voted to remain part of Canada.

"We are moving to a more sustainable pace of immigration. Where we go from here needs to be established in cooperation with the provinces, and that is very much the spirit of one of the questions in the referendum," he said in Ottawa on Tuesday morning. He said Albertans made a clear choice. "They chose unity, to build together, and to take care of each other."

Carney spoke to Alberta Premier Danielle Smith on Tuesday, who vowed another such vote for separation will not...