Only one thing in Canada is named after Donald Trump. It is a street in Ottawa

Advertisement 1 This advertisement has not loaded yet, but your article continues below. Breadcrumb Trail Links HomeNewsCanada Here are the Trump lakes, islands and an avenue Canada could consider renaming Four sit off Newfoundland. Four more are lakes and a creek in northern Ontario. Two others lost official status Author of the article: By Mason Kossak Published Aug 28, 2026 Last updated 51 minutes ago 3 minute read Join the conversation U.S. President Donald Trump speaks during an event in the Oval Office of the White House on August 27, 2026 in Washington, DC. PHOTO BY ANDREW HARNIK/GETTY IMAGES Article content As Canadian officials reject U.S. President Donald Trump’s order renaming Lake Ontario as Lake America, Canada’s own database of official place names carries eight entries called Trump. Article content Only one thing in the country is actually named after the U.S. president, and it is not on that list. Ottawa Coun. Tim Tierney told CNN it is Trump Avenue, a residential street in the capital’s Central Park neighbourhood. Article content Article content Article content CNN reported that council voted unanimously Wednesday to take a first step toward renaming the street, a day before Trump signed the Lake Ontario order, which followed the same pattern as his renaming of the Gulf of Mexico. Tierney said the replacements floated so far for Trump Avenue run to Obama Avenue, Ontario Avenue, Canada Avenue, Canada Goose Avenue, Pelosi Avenue and Taco Avenue, which spells out Trump Always Chickens Out. Article content NP Posted Get a dash of perspective along with the trending news of the day in a very readable format. Sign Up By signing up you consent to receive the above newsletter from Postmedia Network Inc. Interested in more newsletters? Browse here. Article content Meanwhile, Prime Minister Mark Carney wrote on X that the name for Lake Ontario is more than 400 years old and comes from the Wendat word Ontari’io, meaning “the lake is beautiful, the lake is big.” Article content Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre wrote on X that the lake “is and will always be Lake Ontario, and no executive order will change that.” Article content The Canadian Geographical Names Database, run by Natural Resources Canada and fed by federal, provincial and territorial naming authorities, still carries the lake as Lake Ontario, along with eight “Trump” entries. There is not enough information available on the origin of the “Trump” entries. Article…