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The products, featuring \"Lake Ontario\" and Canadian themes, have seen significant consumer interest and quick sales.","category":"Politics","area":"United States","publishedAt":"2026-09-30T12:45:45.437Z","sourceReportedAt":"2026-09-30T12:27:27.000Z","updatedAt":"2026-09-30T12:45:45.437Z","readTime":"3 min read","scores":{"trust":42,"critic":59,"hype":20,"notes":{"trust":"One outlet provided a full report, while 14 others provided digests of the same story.","critic":"The report clearly separates facts from comment and provides specific details about the products and their origins.","hype":"The language used is measured and proportionate, with no sensationalism or manufactured urgency."}},"tags":["#LakeOntario","#DonaldTrump","#CanadianBusiness","#Merchandise","#PeaceByChocolate","#ProvinceOfCanada"],"entities":["Donald Trump","Lake Ontario","Peace by Chocolate","Hides in Hand","Province of Canada","Indspire","Tareq Hadhad","Teresa Paul","Alli Piccininni"],"body":[{"type":"key_takeaways","items":["Canadian businesses have developed merchandise in response to U.S. President Donald Trump renaming Lake Ontario to Lake America.","Products include a \"Lake Ontario bar\" from Peace by Chocolate, \"Lake Ontario coin purses\" from Hides in Hand, and \"Lake Ontario\" sweatshirts from Province of Canada.","The merchandise, often made with Canadian components and featuring Canadian themes, has proven popular with consumers.","Province of Canada is donating 15 per cent of sales from its \"Lake Ontario\" sweatshirt to the Indigenous education charity Indspire."]},{"type":"paragraph","text":"In response to U.S. President Donald Trump renaming Lake Ontario to Lake America, several Canadian businesses have created products featuring the original name. Peace by Chocolate, a company founded by Syrian refugees, developed a \"Lake Ontario bar\" made with milk chocolate and maple cream, partially using Ontario ingredients and packaged in a Canadian flag wrapper. The bar quickly became one of the company's top five sellers. Hides in Hand, a leather goods company, began making and selling \"Lake Ontario coin purses\" from Canadian components, embroidered in Ontario. Province of Canada designed a grey fleece sweatshirt with \"Lake Ontario\" printed in navy, with 15 per cent of each purchase donated to Indspire, an Indigenous education charity. This sweatshirt sold out rapidly and is being reprinted."},{"type":"heading","text":"Product Details and Sales"},{"type":"paragraph","text":"The \"Lake Ontario bar\" from Peace by Chocolate is made of 92 grams of milk chocolate and maple cream, with its packaging highlighting the body of water's name and Indigenous origins. The company has paused sales to the United States due to tariffs. Teresa Paul, owner of Hides in Hand, described her coin purses as a \"pretty hot\" commodity, with customers often buying multiple items. Her response to the name change was to create a practical item that expressed \"Lake Ontario and Canadian pride.\" Province of Canada's \"Lake Ontario\" sweatshirt, which was part of a preorder, sold out quickly. The company is preparing new batches and colourways, with the sweatshirt remaining one of its most popular releases."},{"type":"heading","text":"What the coverage left out"},{"type":"paragraph","text":"No right-rated outlet ran this story. 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