The screenshot on the right was taken on Feb. 26, 2025 with the updated Provincial Park label. After a few days of backlash, after people online noticed Google Maps had labelled parks in Canada ...

Google worked to quell concerns shortly after news broke of the maps, explaining to Fox News Digital that no changes had recently taken place to swap provincial park designations to state parks.

Canadian parks such as B.C.’s Stawamus Chief Provincial Park and Murrin Provincial Park are categorized as “state park” when entered into the Google Maps search bar. Similarly for Alberta ...

and Pinecone Burke Provincial Park have been incorrectly categorised by Google Maps as "state parks"— an Americanism — despite being officially recognised as “provincial parks” in Canada.

After facing criticism over renaming the Gulf of Mexico the Gulf of America on Google Maps, Google is now scrambling to make corrections in Canada following uproar from locals. Recently, some ...