Alberta’s RCMP has launched an investigation into the Centurion Project, a pro-independence organization that built a publicly searchable voter database allegedly drawn from the province’s protected list of electors — exposing the personal information of nearly three million Albertans and triggering a court injunction, a parallel Elections Alberta probe, and calls for accountability from Premier Danielle Smith and Prime Minister Mark Carney.
Elections Alberta obtained a Court of King’s Bench injunction on April 30, ordering the Centurion Project to take down its database after investigators confirmed the app’s root dataset was the province’s most recent electors list.
The Globe and Mail accessed that database directly and found it contained names, addresses, elector identification numbers, middle names, and 2,083,175 phone numbers for 2,957,857 Albertans. The Election Act restricts the list to registered political parties and elected officials. Violations carry penalties of up to $100,000 or one year in prison.
RCMP spokesperson Fraser Logan said the force received a tip from a person associated with the provincial NDP and was working with other law enforcement partners to determine “if any offence(s) have been committed” in the handling of the voter list.
Elections Alberta traced the breach to the Republican Party of Alberta, a registered pro-independence party that legally received a copy of the electors list in 2025. The agency seeds distributed lists with fake entries to trace leaks — a technique that linked the Centurion Project’s database to the Republican Party’s copy. How the list moved between the two organizations remains under investigation.
The Centurion Project was co-founded by David Parker, who also heads Take Back Alberta, an organization with deep ties to the right flank of Premier Danielle Smith’s United Conservative Party. Parker built the app to identify and recruit independence supporters ahead of a potential referendum question on the October 19 ballot, with volunteers instructed to tag 10 supporters who would each tag 10 more.
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Elections Alberta investigators arrived at the project’s official Edmonton launch on April 29 — minutes after Parker finished speaking — to serve a cease-and-desist letter. The Centurion Project shut down the app the following day and said it would cooperate with all investigations.
Smith called for legal accountability but said her government would not comment further until investigators report findings. Carney described the breach as deeply concerning, saying authorities must “work quickly to investigate and pursue actions against those responsible.”
Alberta’s privacy commissioner, Diane McLeod, is also reviewing the case but may lack jurisdiction, as political parties fall outside the province’s main personal information privacy law.
Elections Alberta is separately investigating the Alberta Prosperity Project for allegedly violating third-party advertising limits — its organizer has refused to turn over donor lists and expenses.
Several First Nations have also challenged the referendum process in court, arguing independence would violate their constitutional treaty rights, with a Court of King’s Bench ruling expected within days.
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