Ontario agencies restore Lake Ontario to their websites after Google Maps updated it to Lake America in the U.S.

Advertisement 1 This advertisement has not loaded yet, but your article continues below. Breadcrumb Trail Links HomeNewsCanada Ontario agencies restore Lake Ontario to their websites after Google Maps updated it to Lake America in the U.S. Four Ontario government websites spent at a portion of the weekend showing U.S. President Donald Trump's new name for the shared body of water. No two of them fixed it the same way Author of the article: By Mason Kossak Published Aug 31, 2026 Last updated 2 hours ago 3 minute read Join the conversation A billboard at Fifty Point Park in Ontario that was unveiled by Premier Doug Ford on Saturday in response to U.S. President Donald Trump's executive order to rename Lake Ontario to Lake America. PHOTO BY PETER J. THOMPSON/NATIONAL POST Article content Ontario government agencies have restored Lake Ontario to their websites after a Google Maps update replaced it with Lake America over the weekend. Article content Metrolinx, the provincial agency that runs GO Transit, disabled the map on its GO stations page where the label appeared, it told Global News. The agency said in an email to National Post that “the issue has since been resolved, and our maps once again show Lake Ontario.” Article content Article content Article content Maps on sites run by Hydro One, Metrolinx, Infrastructure Ontario and the LCBO all displayed the American name, Global News reported. Global confirmed the labels itself and found the same on the Loblaws store locator, which CTV News reported was still showing Lake America on Monday morning. 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 A website that embeds a Google map loads the code from Google’s servers, and unless a developer specifies a region, the map draws American place names. Specifying Canada changes them. Article content Google’s developer guide says ensuring the correct regional setting for the country where an application is hosted is the developer’s responsibility. Article content Article content Article content Hydro One said in an email to National Post that its outage map showed an incorrect label for Lake Ontario for “a brief period” Sunday because of an issue with a third-party mapping service. The problem was identified and corrected…