{"id":376477,"date":"2026-08-31T08:52:00","date_gmt":"2026-08-31T15:52:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/?p=376477"},"modified":"2026-08-31T08:52:09","modified_gmt":"2026-08-31T15:52:09","slug":"apple-maps-still-shows-lake-ontario-trump-reportedly-wants-lake-america","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/apple-maps-still-shows-lake-ontario-trump-reportedly-wants-lake-america\/","title":{"rendered":"Apple Maps still shows Lake Ontario: Trump reportedly wants \u201cLake America\u201d"},"content":{"rendered":"

Apple Maps<\/a> still hadn\u2019t switched Lake Ontario to \u201cLake America\u201d in the latest public reports, even after President Donald Trump reportedly asked Apple Inc. to make the change. The request is part of a broader White House effort to bring consumer mapping platforms in line with U.S. government naming<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

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That push comes after an executive order from Trump telling federal agencies to use the new name, similar to the earlier \u201cGulf of America\u201d change. Lake Ontario is a different case, though. It sits on the border between the U.S. and Canada<\/strong>, and the rename is arriving in the middle of a wider trade fight, which is why a lot of people read it as political theater more than a real geographic shift.<\/p>\n\n

Google Maps<\/a> has already made the change for users in the U.S. In Canada, it still shows \u201cLake Ontario,\u201d<\/strong> and reports say users in other places see both names. Apple Maps, by contrast, still hadn\u2019t changed it in the latest publicly available reports. MapQuest<\/a> has also said it won\u2019t adopt the new name.<\/p>\n\n

Canadian officials aren\u2019t budging. Ontario Premier Doug Ford, Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney, and Canadian Foreign Affairs Minister M\u00e9lanie Joly have all said the name is staying as it is. Critics have also pointed out that \u201cOntario\u201d comes from<\/strong> a Wendat word, which gives the whole dispute another layer of cultural weight.<\/p>\n\n

If you rely on Apple Maps every day, there\u2019s no update here you need to install for this yet. Still, it\u2019s something to keep an eye on, because a politically charged rename could affect what appears<\/strong> on your screen.<\/p>\n\n

You can check Apple Maps on iPhone, iPad, Mac, and on the web.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Apple Maps still hadn\u2019t switched Lake Ontario to \u201cLake America\u201d in the latest public reports, even after President Donald Trump reportedly asked Apple Inc. to make the change. The request is part of a broader White House effort to bring consumer mapping platforms in line with U.S. government naming. That push comes after an executive … Continue reading “Apple Maps still shows Lake Ontario: Trump reportedly wants \u201cLake America\u201d”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9328,"featured_media":376476,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","wpcf-pageviews":0},"categories":[1015],"tags":[],"usertag":[],"vertical":[],"content-category":[],"class_list":["post-376477","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/376477","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/9328"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=376477"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/376477\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":376478,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/376477\/revisions\/376478"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/376476"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=376477"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=376477"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=376477"},{"taxonomy":"usertag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/usertag?post=376477"},{"taxonomy":"vertical","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/vertical?post=376477"},{"taxonomy":"content-category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/content-category?post=376477"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}