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Ottawa council begins process to rename Trump Avenue

A public consultation will determine a new name for the street, previously named after U.S. President Donald Trump.

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Ottawa council begins process to rename Trump Avenue

What this story says

  • Ottawa city council has voted to begin renaming Trump Avenue.
  • The street is in the Central Park neighbourhood and was named after U.S. President Donald Trump.
  • River Ward Coun. Riley Brockington will lead a public consultation to select a new name.
  • The renaming process occurs amid ongoing trade disputes between Canada and the U.S.

Who covered it

Left 63%(17)Centre 37%(10)Right 0%(0)

Percentages are shares of the 27 outlets carrying a published leaning rating. 1 of the 28 outlets we know ran this story carry no rating and are not counted in them. Coverage measured .

Trust

42/100

Craft

61/100

Hype

41/100

28 sources · methodology

Thin on the right so far

None of the 27 outlets with a published leaning rating that ran this story are rated right.

This story is still being watched, so it is a count and not yet a finding. Coverage keeps arriving for hours after an event, and a side that has published nothing this morning may publish by tonight. If it is still true when we stop checking, we will say so plainly.

Ottawa city council has voted to begin the process of renaming Trump Avenue. The street is located in the Central Park neighbourhood and is named after U.S. President Donald Trump. River Ward Coun. Riley Brockington is leading a public consultation process with residents to nominate a new name. The process comes amid trade disputes between Canada and the U.S., including tariffs.

A previous attempt to rename the street in 2021 resulted in a tie vote. The new name will be decided through a community-led process and brought to city council for approval. Coun. Brockington stated that the goal is to give the community a new beginning and allow residents to select and recommend a new name.

Disagreement on previous renaming attempt

CTV News reported that a previous attempt to rename Trump Avenue in 2021 ended in a 21-21 tie vote, with 20 households abstaining, which meant the street name was not changed. CBC News stated that a previous effort to rename Trump Avenue fell through after a consultation found residents split on the idea, with many opposing the change due to concerns about the inconvenience of changing their home address.

What the coverage left out

None of the left-rated or centre-rated reports printed below mention the specific date of the city council vote, only that it occurred on a Wednesday. The reports also do not specify the exact date of the previous renaming attempt in 2021.

Still developing. We have re-checked which outlets are covering this 7 times, most recently on 23 Sept 2026, 21:30, and will add the sides that appear.

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Trump Avenue is in Ottawa's Central Park neighbourhood where several streets are named after New York City landmarks. (Francis Ferland/CBC)
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How each side covered it

Our own reading of the reporting listed below, written from the outlets’ articles rather than quoted from them. The reasoning is set out on our methodology page.

Left

17 rated outlets

  • Fifteen left-rated reports led on the city council's vote to rename Trump Avenue. These reports noted that the renaming is occurring amid trade disputes and tariffs between Canada and the U.S. CBC News reported that Coun. Riley Brockington moved to change the name, stating Trump does not deserve the honour due to his repeated threats to Canada. CBC News also mentioned that a previous effort to rename the street in 2021 fell through after a consultation found residents split on the idea, with many opposing the change due to concerns about the inconvenience of changing their home address. Alternet's headline stated, 'Canadian city takes a big swipe at Trump,' and its digest noted that Canadians are particularly angry at America and that Canada's capital city is demonstrating this through a potent symbolic gesture.

Centre

10 rated outlets

  • Ten centre-rated reports led on the city council's vote to begin the process of renaming Trump Avenue. These reports mentioned that the street is in Ottawa's Central Park neighbourhood and is named after U.S. President Donald Trump. Several centre-rated digests noted that Coun. Riley Brockington introduced the motion, which was carried. Some digests also mentioned that the renaming occurs as a trade war continues between Canada and the U.S. City News reported that the move comes amid heightened tensions between Trump and Canadian leaders, including recent disputes over tariffs.

Right

0 rated outlets

No outlet rated right has run this story so far. We are still checking, and will say plainly if that does not change.

Questions about this coverage

How did the left and right cover Ottawa council begins process to rename Trump Avenue?
Of the 27 outlets on this story carrying a published leaning rating, 63% are rated left, 37% are rated centre, 0% are rated right. Those percentages are shares of the rated outlets, not of every outlet that ran it, which was 28. The sections above set out what each side emphasised, in its own terms.
Is Ottawa council begins process to rename Trump Avenue left or right?
Neither side dominates it. Of the 27 rated outlets on this story, 63% are rated left, 37% are rated centre, 0% are rated right, and no side holds the 70% this site would want before calling a field one-sided. A story is not left or right in any case; the outlets that carried it are what carry ratings.
Is the coverage of Ottawa council begins process to rename Trump Avenue biased?
Ottawa council begins process to rename Trump Avenue is one event reported by 28 outlets, and this page does not rate the story as biased or unbiased. What it publishes is the spread: which outlets ran it, where named rating organisations place each of them on the spectrum, and what each side chose to lead with. A leaning rating describes an outlet's record over time, not this article, and the two should not be run together.
Which side is not reporting Ottawa council begins process to rename Trump Avenue?
When we first saw this story, outlets rated right had barely covered it. Coverage accretes for hours after an event, so that is where to look rather than a verdict — the split above is the current count, and it is the one to read.
Which outlets covered Ottawa council begins process to rename Trump Avenue?
28 that we know of, every one of them listed further up this page with a link to its own report and to what we hold on the publisher. Nothing here is a summary of somebody else's summary: the outlets are named so the original reporting can be read.
Why is Ottawa renaming Trump Avenue?
Ottawa city council voted to begin the process of renaming Trump Avenue. River Ward Coun. Riley Brockington is leading the initiative, stating that the street's name should be changed due to U.S. President Donald Trump's repeated threats to Canada and his trade policies. The renaming is intended to be a new beginning for the community.
What is the process for renaming the street?
River Ward Coun. Riley Brockington will lead a public consultation process with residents of Trump Avenue to nominate a new street name. This community-led process will then bring the proposed new name to city council for final approval. A working group will also be formed to explore naming options.
Has there been an attempt to rename the street before?
Yes, a previous attempt to rename Trump Avenue occurred in 2021. According to CTV News, that effort resulted in a tie vote of 21-21, with 20 households abstaining, meaning the name was not changed. CBC News reported that a consultation found residents were split on the idea, with some concerned about the inconvenience of changing their address.

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