The categorization pre-dates 51st state rhetoric but is getting fresh attention with concerns over sovereignty. The categorization is also used by other services including Bing and TripAdvisor.

Google Maps users have noticed and started documenting the way parks are being labeled in B.C. and Canada. Screenshots provided to Global News show B.C. provincial parks are identified as "state parks ...

Canada does not use a state system like the U.S. Instead, it is divided into 10 different provinces. Provincial parks in Canada are public areas designated by a province’s government for the ...

Canadians have noticed an unexpected change in Google Maps, where several provincial parks are now labelled as ...

Google says it's working to relabel Canadian provincial parks on its maps services after Canadians raised concerns about sovereignty.

Google says it is in the process of removing the state designation from Canadian government buildings, as well as provincial parks, following widespread backlash. On Monday, the company said it would ...

“There (are) not any state parks in Canada regardless of what Trump wants Google to have people think,” commented one Google Maps community member with the username Kelly Knudsen on the post ...

"We're actively working to update labels for parks in Canada to avoid confusion," a spokesperson for the company told CBC News. Google also confirmed it had been using the state parks label for ...

Google says it is in the process of removing the "state" designation ... the wishes of Canada's political leaders and widespread public opinion. While the primary focus was on parks, a few ...

Google Canada said its mapping system has many labels for parks in the system and because state parks and provincial parks are both managed by the government they are sometimes used ...