To avoid confusion, Google is working to update the system to reflect "provincial parks" in Canada, Fox News Digital learned. (Planet Observer/Universal Images Group via Getty Images)
To avoid confusion, Google is working to update the system to reflect "provincial parks" in Canada, Fox News Digital learned.
"We have not made any recent changes to the way we label parks in Canada — the vast majority of these parks have had their existing labels for several years," a Google spokesperson told Fox News Digital Tuesday. "We're actively working to update labels for parks in Canada to avoid confusion."
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The designations have sparked concern among some residents, with one woman telling CTV News that designating Canadian parks "state parks" is "an attack on our Canadian identity."
"I would like to draw attention to this disgusting display of American oppression of Canadian culture and autonomy," the woman, Rachel Deren, told the Canadian outlet.
She added: "We are proud to be Canadian and will remain so despite attempts like this from our ever increasingly hostile neighbours to the south," she added, according to the outlet.
Local media confirmed a handful of provincial parks in British Columbia and Alberta were labeled "state parks" on Feb. 24, 2025. (Getty Images)
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Anxiety over the map designation follows Trump repeatedly saying Canada should become the U.S.’ "51st state," citing that the U.S. subsidizes Canada by billions of dollars a year and that if Canada joined the U.S., Trump wouldn’t have to level tariffs on the nation.
Anxiety over the map designation follows President Donald Trump repeatedly saying Canada should become the U.S.’ "51st state." (Getty Images)
"I think Canada would be much better off being a 51st state because we lose $200 billion a year with Canada, and I'm not going to let that happen," Trump told Fox News’ Brett Baier in an interview earlier in February. "It's too much. Why are we paying $200 billion a year essentially in subsidy to Canada? Now, if they're our 51st state, I don't mind doing it."
Amid the confusion over the longstanding map designations, the minister of Environment and Parks in British Columbia vowed that Canada would never join the U.S. as its 51st state.
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"We understand the concerns this has raised in the context of recent events — and let’s be clear, we will never be the 51st state," Davidson said.
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