‘Province of New York’: Toronto mayoral candidate floats new name for state in retaliation for ‘Lake America’

If U.S. President Donald Trump renames Lake Ontario as Lake America to spite the province amid a trade war, Toronto mayoral candidate Brad Bradford says that New York state should be known as 'the Province of New York.'

The U.S. President’s threat to rename the Great Lake is reminiscent of his previous push to call the Gulf of Mexico the “Gulf of America.”

Lake Ontario borders both the Canadian province of Ontario and the US state of New York.

Sarah Hooper | Live News Reporter Published August 25, 2026 3:23pm Updated August 25, 2026 3:52pm Trump previously declared the Gulf of Mexico to be the ‘Gulf of America’ (Picture: Getty) Donald Trump has advocated for renaming Lake Ontario and said he doesn’t ‘expect to do much business’ with Canada any longer. As a t

Lake Ontario might be renamed if the president gets his way. It won't be the first time Trump has used the old imperial tool.

President Donald Trump says he is considering changing the name of Lake Ontario to “Lake America” as the trade war between the United States and Canada intensifies.

Just like the Gulf of Mexico, Lake Ontario is a shared international waterway and multiple international, federal, and regional agencies oversee it.

WASHINGTON, Aug 25 - U.S. President Donald Trump said on Tuesday that he was considering changing the name of Lake Ontario to \"Lake America\" as a trade war between the United States and Canada escalates.

Trump threatens to change the name of Lake Ontario to Lake America amid Canada trade war  Reuters

President Donald Trump said Tuesday that he is considering changing the name of Lake Ontario to “Lake America” as the trade war between the United States and Canada intensifies.

President Donald Trump said on Tuesday he is thinking about changing the name of Lake Ontario to Lake America as trade tensions between the United States and Canada escalate. “The United States is giving serious consideration to changing the name of Lake Ontario to Lake America in that we don’t expect to doing much bus

Trump gives "serious consideration to changing the name of Lake Ontario to Lake America," and he may not be "doing much business" with the province.

Ontario is Canada’s most populous province and is home to the country’s auto industry.

Trump floats renaming Lake Ontario as ‘Lake America’ as trade war with Canada escalates  AP News

Trump said US is considering to change the name of Lake Ontario.President Donald Trump on Tuesday said the United States was “giving serious consideration” to renaming Lake Ontario as Lake America, amid escalating trade dispute with Canada.In a post on Truth Social, Trump wrote, “The United States is giving serious con

Trump threatens to change name of Lake Ontario to ‘Lake America’  Toronto Star

Ontario’s premier had earlier slammed Trump as a ‘dictator’ and ‘the king of bankruptcies’

Trump floats renaming Lake Ontario to ‘Lake America’ as feud with Canada escalates  CNN

President Donald Trump threatened to rename Lake Ontario as “Lake America,” escalating his war of words with Canadian officials on Tuesday as an intensifying trade fight strains the close economic relationship between the countries.