The Freedom movement has definitely unmasked Calgary (specifically) and Edmonton as woke wastelands like you mentioned.

Looking it up on Wikipedia, Peterson was born in Edmonton but was raised 500km and 5 1/2 hours northwest in a small town of less than 3k people in Fairview, AB (that I've never heard of).

Edmonton itself is already very far north as far as Canadian cities go, so Peterson definitely would have had a true rural Alberta upbringing, where guns should be vital and appreciated.