Apple made adjustments to its Apple Maps online platform by changing the name of Lake Ontario to Lake America, aligning with the recent executive order by President Donald Trump. This alteration by Apple on Tuesday mirrored a similar decision made by Alphabet on Saturday, where they updated the name of the lake on Google Maps for U.S. users. Following the revision of the lake’s name in the U.S. Geographic Names Information System, Apple confirmed that American users would now see the label “Lake America.” U.S. Secretary of the Interior Doug Burgum mentioned that Trump directly contacted Apple regarding the renaming.

While users in Canada will still see Lake Ontario, global users will see both names concurrently, a strategy previously employed by Apple after the renaming of the Gulf of Mexico to the Gulf of America by Trump. Google’s update caused some confusion in Canada over the weekend, with certain entities briefly displaying maps with the Lake America name. The adjustments made by tech giants like Apple and Google underscore the implications of geopolitical tensions on these companies as they navigate compliance with executive orders that may not align with international norms.

Trump’s executive order pertaining to Lake Ontario, one of the Great Lakes in North America, applies specifically to federal usage within the U.S., leaving the naming conventions for the lake unaffected in Canada and by international entities. A recent Reuters/Ipsos poll revealed that a majority of Americans disapprove of Trump’s decisions to raise taxes on Canadian imports and rename Lake Ontario. In response to Trump’s order, Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney and New York Governor Kathy Hochul reaffirmed their commitment to retaining the lake’s traditional name, which has stood for over 400 years. New York shares a border with the lake on the U.S. side, where a significant portion of its surface area lies.

Notably, Trump’s rhetoric about Canada potentially becoming the 51st U.S. state has drawn criticism from Canadian leaders, dismissing the notion as unfounded. In a similar vein, Trump previously renamed the Gulf of Mexico to the Gulf of America in January 2025, prompting both Google and Apple to update their mapping services for U.S. users accordingly.