# Do I need a passport for Canada?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-i-need-a-passport-for-canada/120915>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [July 26, 2002, 12:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-i-need-a-passport-for-canada/120915 "2002-07-26T12:18:59Z")\
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**Author:** ![mdf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/dbc845/32.png) [@mdf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mdf)\
**Post date:** [July 28, 2002, 4:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-i-need-a-passport-for-canada/120915/21 "2002-07-28T04:48:25Z")

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On vacation about six weeks ago, on the passenger ferry between Port Angeles and Victoria (well actually at the customs terminal at Victoria) my wife and I were both required to show photo ID and birth certificates. This was on arrival and at departure. Why take the chance of being turned back?

-mdf

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**Author:** ![Cerowyn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/82dd89/32.png) [@Cerowyn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cerowyn)\
**Post date:** [July 28, 2002, 9:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-i-need-a-passport-for-canada/120915/22 "2002-07-28T09:53:55Z")

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> \*Originally posted by AWB \*  
> \*\*Also, Canadian hunters routinely cross over into Maine to illegally hunt moose, then claim “Oops, I didn’t realize I crossed the border.” I guess the 100 meter swath of cleared forest didn’t give them a clue. \*\*

Interesting. Got a cite?

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