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 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 ...

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 ...

Google says it is “actively working to update labels” for Canadian parks after users pointed out that several provincial parks have been categorized as “state parks,” which is the American term. On ...

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 ...

In a report published late last month, Tourism Economics predicted that “domestic travel will be negatively affected by ...

With recent comments about Canada becoming the 51st state and U.S.-Canada relations relatively tense, some people on social media are calling out Google for using the label "state park" for provincial ...

Canadians have taken to social media wondering why Google Maps was referring to some provincial parks as “state” parks ... of heightened tension between Canada and the United States.