What is required to get across the border into Canada?

Question

Im trying to get across the border from Maine into Canada for a day. I dont have a passport or drivers license but I have my birth certificate, social security card, a sugarloaf ski pass/photoid thing. would they let me across/back in with that? or what else could I use.

Answer 1

a Visa(not the credit card) its just like going to any other country now

Answer 2

I live in Windsor, Ontario, and cross the border into Detoit, Michigan  almost weekly.  The requirements at this crossing are the same as throughout Canada.

The first answerer is the most correct.

You do need government-issued photo ID (something official); your ski pass photo will not do, sorry.  You also need your original birth certificate, not a photocopied one.

No passport is required, tho, until at least June, 2009.

Answer 3

passport to get into canada, driver's license to get back into the states

Answer 4

you'll need government issued photo Id as well as your birth certificate to drive across the border. a ski pass will not do.  Unfortunately, you will not be able to cross.

Answer 5

A valid passport.

Answer 6

You will need your birth certificate and some government ID. Go to your local BMV and get a state ID. Here's a website with some info for it.

http://maine.gov/sos/bmv/licenses/idcard...