August 27, 2026
A Canadian flag flies along the waterfront of Lake Ontario, in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, on August 27, 2026. US President Donald Trump announced that he is renaming Lake Ontario — a large body of water shared by the United States and Canada — “Lake America.” Trump signed an order in the White House in a move that comes amid a spiraling trade war between the world’s largest economy and its northern neighbor. (Photo by Cole Burston / AFP)
Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney on Thursday pushed back against US President Donald Trump’s renaming of Lake Ontario as “Lake America,” citing the name’s Indigenous origins, as the row between the neighbors roiled on.
“We know that America is changing. Their trading relationships, their foreign policies, their national monuments, their hydronyms,” Carney said in a post on X.
“Canadians also know that naming reality means calling it Lake Ontario — then, now and always.”
