In a new Leger poll conducted in the latter half of May of 2016, 67% of Albertans said they support "initiatives to protect transgender students". Only 13% opposed such support with the remainder either neutral or not knowing. Of the 67% support, two thirds (45% of Albertans) "strongly supported" such initiatives.

The poll also asked whether Albertans supported "transgender students being able to use the school washroom that matches their gender identity". 50% of respondents supported such use of school washrooms while only 29% were opposed. Fully a third of Albertans (33%) "strongly supported" such use of school washrooms.

Speaking to the survey results, Dr. Kristopher Wells of the Institute for Sexual Minority Studies and Services at the University of Alberta made these comments:

"It is reassuring to see how many Albertans support the protection of transgender students and perhaps even more significant, how few are actually opposed. It shows once again how open and inclusive as a society we are becoming."

"The support for transgender students being able to use appropriate washrooms based on their lived gender identity is quite remarkable. This is such a new issue for many people and obviously significant numbers of Albertans have given this their thought and are prepared to look at the subject from the perspective of the young transgender student. In the near future, I am confident that many of the 29% who currently have concerns will learn more about this subject and also become supportive."

The results came from an online Leger survey of 1,001 Albertans aged 18 and older, conducted between May 16th and 19th. With this sample size, the margin of error probability is plus or minus 3.1%, nineteen times out of twenty.