Toronto, Oct. 20 -- Voters in the western Canadian province of Alberta were on track to reject an attempt a separating it from Canada as results of a referendum came in early on Tuesday.

The Alberta referendum was held on Monday. The principal question was whether it would remain a province of Canada or the provincial government would commence the legal process required under the Canadian Constitution to hold a binding provincial referendum on whether or not it should separate from the country.

The vote appeared to be overwhelmingly against the first option. About two hours after polls closed in the province, and 33% of ballots counted, over three-quarters of voters had opted to remain in the country and reject a binding referendum on s...