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All searches in my town (Gatineau) list it as Ottawa but should be Gatineau.

Gatineau - Quebec - Canada Is not Ottawa - Ontario - Canada

It's very annoying and error inducing.

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[–] ardorhb@discuss.tchncs.de 5 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

I agree that is most likely the reason. For me (in Germany) it always shows the wrong state for the city I live in because the map data is grouped with another bigger state.

I think it's rather an issue in Organic Maps and not wrong OSM data.