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Canadian institutions and companies correct maps to keep the name Lake Ontario
🇵🇾 Paraguay /Elections & Politics

Canadian institutions and companies correct maps to keep the name Lake Ontario

From ABC Color · () Spanish

Translated from Spanish and summarized by DistantNews. Read the original for the full story.

At a glance

News Named sources Ongoing story
  • Canadian companies and public agencies corrected digital maps that briefly displayed “Lake America” instead of Lake Ontario.
  • Hydro One, Metrolinx, LCBO and Ontario’s government reviewed or changed their online maps, while Google explained that embedded maps must use Canada as the regional setting.
  • The dispute followed Donald Trump’s Aug. 27 order for U.S. federal agencies to use “Lake America,” a change rejected by Prime Minister Mark Carney and Ontario Premier Doug Ford.

Canadian institutions and companies rushed to restore the name Lake Ontario after digital maps on several websites began showing “Lake America.” The change appeared after Google adjusted its mapping in response to an order signed by U.S. President Donald Trump.

Hydro One, Ontario’s main electricity provider, acknowledged that its outage map had displayed the wrong name. The company said it was working with its technology provider to restore “the correct geographic reference” and apologized for the confusion.

the correct geographic reference

— Hydro OneThe company’s description of the name it was restoring on its outage map.

Metrolinx, the provincial agency responsible for GO Transit, reviewed its pages and temporarily disabled one map. The public liquor retailer LCBO corrected its map on Sunday. Ontario’s government also said it was checking its websites after a federal map showing housing and infrastructure projects used the U.S. designation.

before, now and always

— Mark CarneyThe Canadian prime minister’s rejection of the name Lake America.

Google said developers embedding Google Maps on their websites must set Canada as the region for Lake Ontario to appear. Users in Canada should continue to see that name on Google’s own service.

The controversy followed Trump’s Aug. 27 executive order directing U.S. federal agencies to call the lake “Lake America,” as Washington’s trade dispute with Canada continued. Prime Minister Mark Carney rejected the change, saying Canadians would call it Lake Ontario “before, now and always.” Ontario Premier Doug Ford reinforced that message by installing a large sign beside the lake reading, “Lake Ontario. Now and forever.”

Lake Ontario. Now and forever.

— Doug FordThe message displayed on a sign installed beside the lake.
About this summary

Originally published by ABC Color in Spanish. Translated, summarized, and contextualized automatically by DistantNews, with a note on how the source frames the story. Not individually reviewed before publishing. How this works.

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