# How many Canadian provinces and US states have you been? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [November 27, 2022, 3:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-canadian-provinces-and-us-states-have-you-been/975615 "2022-11-27T03:57:37Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![What\_Exit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/what_exit/32/10652_2.png) [@What\_Exit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_Exit)\ **Post date:** [November 27, 2022, 4:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-canadian-provinces-and-us-states-have-you-been/975615/41 "2022-11-27T16:49:37Z")
> [@kenobi\_65](#): > > Then, I thought about which states I’ve been in for at least a month, in total. I came up with seven: 1. NJ 2. NY 3. Illinois, Mainly Great Lakes at the Navy Bases but nearly a months worth of business trips also. 4. California, mainly San Diego/Coronado Island/San Ysidro (Navy), but Business trips and conferences also. 5. Florida, many vacations all over the state. But also business trips. 6. Mass, just barely. It took about 7 User Conferences of 4-5 days each to get over a month. Also a wedding in the Springfield area for 2 more days. Also a college tour and a weekend for Yankees @ Boston. OK, I made it over 30 easier than I though. 7. Louisiana, all New Orleans. Mostly vacations visiting my BIL. 8. Pennsylvania, 1-3 days in many short trips over most of my life starting with High School Chess Championships in Philly. Ohio is close but just under I think. Over 20 but under 30 days. Connecticut is close to 20 days in all. West Virginia is around 15 days. Maryland & Virginia are over 10 days. Far too much time in International waters in the Pacific & Indian Oceans. ---
**Author:** ![Mighty\_Mouse](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mighty_mouse/32/7776_2.png) [@Mighty\_Mouse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mighty_Mouse)\ **Post date:** [November 27, 2022, 4:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-canadian-provinces-and-us-states-have-you-been/975615/42 "2022-11-27T16:56:20Z")
> [@kenobi\_65](#): > > Then, I thought about which states I’ve been in for at least a month, in total. I came up with seven: NY, VA, GA, MD, MA, KS, MO, OK, CA for sure. TX and FL probably. ON and NS in Canada. ---
**Author:** ![racer72](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/racer72/32/3075_2.png) [@racer72](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/racer72)\ **Post date:** [November 27, 2022, 5:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-canadian-provinces-and-us-states-have-you-been/975615/43 "2022-11-27T17:00:56Z")
14 US states, 1 province and 1 territory. I have flown over other states to get to Illinois, Wisconsin and Texas. ---
**Author:** ![Northern\_Piper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/northern_piper/32/5304_2.png) [@Northern\_Piper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Northern_Piper)\ **Post date:** [November 27, 2022, 5:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-canadian-provinces-and-us-states-have-you-been/975615/44 "2022-11-27T17:04:56Z")
> [@Crafter\_Man](#): > > I will never forget driving up to the Wyoming border on Route 25… look left, look right, and “nothingness” as far as you could see. Living on the Prairies / Great Plains engenders a taste for abstract art: lines and colours. I was once driving in North Dakota with a buddy from Ontario who had never been on the prairies. He noticed a very heavily fenced area with very big “Do Not Enter” signs and asked me what it was. “Nuclear silos” I said. “No really,” he said. “What are they?” "Nuclear silos,” I repeated. “Do not slow down. Do not speed up. Just keep driving.” “Oh” he said, suddenly realising that he was in a prime target area in the case of nuclear war. ---
**Author:** ![Plutonium\_Chef](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/plutonium_chef/32/11211_2.png) [@Plutonium\_Chef](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Plutonium_Chef)\ **Post date:** [November 27, 2022, 6:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-canadian-provinces-and-us-states-have-you-been/975615/45 "2022-11-27T18:16:37Z")
I’ve visited 49 US states (all except Hawaii) and Ontario. (Also the District of Columbia.) When I was growing up, my dad was in the US Navy. We were stationed with him in some states (including Alaska), and passed through other states as he changed stations (every year or two). As an adult I finished up the rest of the states. Some of them I visited just briefly; I count them if I spent money there. In 1974, I passed through western Ontario from Thunder Bay (on Lake Superior) to Fort Frances / International Falls. In 1995, I passed through eastern Ontario from Michigan to New York. ---
**Author:** ![RickJay](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/bb73d2/32.png) [@RickJay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RickJay)\ **Post date:** [November 27, 2022, 6:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-canadian-provinces-and-us-states-have-you-been/975615/46 "2022-11-27T18:19:24Z")
10/10 provinces but none of the territories. 44 states plus D.C., but not any other non-state territory. Statewise I am only missing Alaska, Wyoming, Montana, Idaho, Mississippi, and Alabama. ---
**Author:** ![Orville\_mogul](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/aeb1de/32.png) [@Orville\_mogul](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Orville_mogul)\ **Post date:** [November 27, 2022, 6:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-canadian-provinces-and-us-states-have-you-been/975615/47 "2022-11-27T18:26:49Z")
Replying to my own post just to add that I have been a tourist in a lot of countries, but almost never in the US. I would really like to change that, in particular because I love big nature. ---
**Author:** ![suranyi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e36b37/32.png) [@suranyi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/suranyi)\ **Post date:** [November 27, 2022, 7:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-canadian-provinces-and-us-states-have-you-been/975615/48 "2022-11-27T19:56:26Z")
I’ve been to four Canadian provinces and 29 states, by the OP’s criteria. ---
**Author:** ![RealityChuck](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/realitychuck/32/195_2.png) [@RealityChuck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RealityChuck)\ **Post date:** [November 27, 2022, 9:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-canadian-provinces-and-us-states-have-you-been/975615/49 "2022-11-27T21:28:33Z")
US: ME, NY, VT, MA, CT, NY, PA, NJ, MD, DE, DC, VA, NC, SC, GA, FL, IL, CA, HI, NV Canada: NB, PQ, ON ---
**Author:** ![velomont](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/8491ac/32.png) [@velomont](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/velomont)\ **Post date:** [November 27, 2022, 9:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-canadian-provinces-and-us-states-have-you-been/975615/50 "2022-11-27T21:45:33Z")
> [@kenobi\_65](#): > > I’ve been in for at least a month In my case that would be BC, Ontario, Quebec, New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, and no states. ---
**Author:** ![OldGuy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/3bc359/32.png) [@OldGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OldGuy)\ **Post date:** [November 27, 2022, 9:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-canadian-provinces-and-us-states-have-you-been/975615/51 "2022-11-27T21:55:16Z")
All US States (including DC) except Mississippi and Alabama. Canadian provinces/territories: BC, Alberta, Saskatchewan, Manitoba, Ontario, Quebec, Newfoundland (and Labrador but only the island.) ---
**Author:** ![suranyi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e36b37/32.png) [@suranyi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/suranyi)\ **Post date:** [November 27, 2022, 11:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-canadian-provinces-and-us-states-have-you-been/975615/52 "2022-11-27T23:28:56Z")
Places I’ve been at least a month, that’s a much smaller list: Quebec, Pennsylvania, California. That’s it. ---
**Author:** ![Telemark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/telemark/32/372_2.png) [@Telemark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Telemark)\ **Post date:** [November 28, 2022, 12:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-canadian-provinces-and-us-states-have-you-been/975615/53 "2022-11-28T00:30:12Z")
I’ve been to 45 states (missing are Texas, Arkansas, Oklahoma, Alaska, Hawaii) and in Canada I’ve been to BC, Alberta, Ontario, and Quebec. Probable a few of my 45 states wouldn’t meet your 24 hour requirement, but my criteria is boots on the ground. I think I’d have to drop Mississippi, New Mexico, and North Dakota from the list. ---
**Author:** ![Northern\_Piper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/northern_piper/32/5304_2.png) [@Northern\_Piper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Northern_Piper)\ **Post date:** [November 28, 2022, 12:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-canadian-provinces-and-us-states-have-you-been/975615/54 "2022-11-28T00:32:51Z")
> [@velomont](#): > > By the OP’s standards I’ve been in BC, Alberta, Manitoba, Ontario, Quebec, New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, PEI and Newfoundland in Canada. _sniff_ I’m hurt. _sniff_ ---
**Author:** ![Kropotkin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kropotkin/32/18045_2.png) [@Kropotkin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kropotkin)\ **Post date:** [November 28, 2022, 12:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-canadian-provinces-and-us-states-have-you-been/975615/55 "2022-11-28T00:34:02Z")
Call me when you hit Vancouver! ---
**Author:** ![Fretful\_Porpentine](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fretful_porpentine/32/2873_2.png) [@Fretful\_Porpentine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fretful_Porpentine)\ **Post date:** [November 28, 2022, 1:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-canadian-provinces-and-us-states-have-you-been/975615/56 "2022-11-28T01:45:24Z")
US states: Alabama, Alaska, Arizona, Arkansas, California, Colorado, Connecticut, Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Hawaii, Illinois, Indiana, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Mississippi, Missouri, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, North Carolina, Ohio, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, South Carolina, South Dakota, Tennessee, Texas, Utah, Vermont, Virginia, Washington, West Virginia, Wisconsin, Wyoming. Plus Nevada if you count changing planes without leaving the airport. Canadian provinces: British Columbia, Alberta, Manitoba, Ontario, Quebec. Plus Saskatchewan if you count going through on the train without stopping. ---
**Author:** ![velomont](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/8491ac/32.png) [@velomont](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/velomont)\ **Post date:** [November 28, 2022, 2:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-canadian-provinces-and-us-states-have-you-been/975615/57 "2022-11-28T02:05:03Z")
> [@Northern\_Piper](#): > > _sniff_ > I’m hurt. > _sniff_ Hurt how Northern Piper 😄? And you’ve been in territories no less. ---
**Author:** ![themapleleaf](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/themapleleaf/32/14349_2.png) [@themapleleaf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/themapleleaf)\ **Post date:** [November 28, 2022, 2:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-canadian-provinces-and-us-states-have-you-been/975615/58 "2022-11-28T02:06:00Z")
Very few. I grew up in Toronto but have spent most of my adult life in the Czech Republic. In Canada I have been around Ontario and multiple times to Quebec. I was once marginally in New Brunswick, at the Moncton airport during a layover. As for the USA, I have only been to Lansing, Michigan and Niagara Falls, New York. ---
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [November 28, 2022, 2:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-canadian-provinces-and-us-states-have-you-been/975615/59 "2022-11-28T02:12:02Z")
I’ve been to 6 Canadian provinces and every state in the USA save Mississippi, Florida and Hawaii. That’s boots on the ground, either buy something or piss on something outside of a travel junction/terminus. ---
**Author:** ![Northern\_Piper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/northern_piper/32/5304_2.png) [@Northern\_Piper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Northern_Piper)\ **Post date:** [November 28, 2022, 2:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-canadian-provinces-and-us-states-have-you-been/975615/60 "2022-11-28T02:18:18Z")
I just realised I forgot one US state: My US states are California, Connecticut, Florida, Hawaii, **Kentucky** , Massachusetts, Nevada, New York, North Dakota, South Dakota , Vermont and Washington. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-canadian-provinces-and-us-states-have-you-been/975615.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-canadian-provinces-and-us-states-have-you-been/975615.md?page=4)