I never even realized that Ottawa had a Trump Avenue!
Ottawa's Trump Avenue could be in for name change
Trump Avenue is a quiet street of brown brick single-family homes fronted by wide driveways, nestled in the city's Central Park neighbourhood, just off Merivale Road.
On Saturday, the city began consulting with residents "to ascertain their level of support to rename their street," according to an email from the office of their city councillor, Riley Brockington, who also delivered notices to each home on the street.
According to Brockington, the consultation "follows a number of recent and some older requests to my office" to drop Donald Trump's name, which was adopted long before the New York real estate mogul and reality TV star entered politics, and is in keeping with the neighbourhood's Manhattan theme.
Brockington said he decided to wait until after Trump left the White House to make a move.
"Frankly, I was worried that there might be some ramifications against Canada if word got out that in Canada's national capital they wanted to take his name off a street sign," he explained.
Bonnie Bowering, who's called Trump Avenue home since 2008, agreed.
"Up until ... this past election, it was sort of a source of humour," Bowering said. "But now it's not funny anymore."
Bowering said she's gotten used to store clerks smirking when she gives her address, but now the name has taken on a much more sinister tone.