Toronto mayoral candidate proposes new name for New York after Trump takes aim at Lake Ontario

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.'

US President Donald Trump said that he was considering changing the name of Lake Ontario to "Lake America" as a trade war between the United States and Canada escalates.

Sarah Hooper | Live News Reporter Published August 25, 2026 3:23pm Updated August 25, 2026 3:23pm Trump previously declared the Gulf of Mexico to be the ‘Gulf of America’ (Picture: Getty) The President of the United States has suggested renaming Lake Ontario and said he doesn’t ‘expect to do much business’ with Canada

Canada says it decided not to respond to daily social media posts from the US leader months ago.

President Trump said the U.S. is considering changing the name of Lake Ontario to "Lake America" amid an escalating trade fight with Canada.

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

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

President Trump said Tuesday that his administration is considering changing the name of Lake Ontario to Lake America, amid the trade war between the U.S. and Canada. “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 business wi

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’

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.