Completely overcooked article. 
As a long time Albertan who has also resided in other provinces, I haven't seen  bigotry there (anti-muslim or otherwise) as being any worse than anywhere else. I recall listening to a shockingly anti-semitic tirade from some jackass in a Toronto bar against my friends' jewish fiancee from Edmonton. Also a Montreal cab driver who gave me an earful of his ignorant opinions because I was from Alberta and somehow less of a Canadian than him. 
The learned folks who put out this junk news opinion piece provide zero data to support their claims. It amounts to assuring Quebec that it's ok they have ignorant wingnuts in their midst because Alberta is somehow still worse.