# 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:** 9\ **Page:** 5
**Author:** ![Hari\_Seldon](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hari_seldon/32/5173_2.png) [@Hari\_Seldon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hari_Seldon)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2022, 1:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-canadian-provinces-and-us-states-have-you-been/975615/81 "2022-11-30T01:36:04Z")
I’ve been to every Canadian province and no territory. Although to be honest I spent only about 10 hours on PEI. For US; 6 NE states. Then NY, NJ, PA, DE, MD, VA, NC, SC, GA, FL, AL, MS, WV, OH, MI, IL, MO, LA, TX, AZ, CO, CA, OR, WA, HI, AK. Seems like 30. Plus DC and PR. ---
**Author:** ![Steven\_Maven](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/steven_maven/32/3272_2.png) [@Steven\_Maven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Steven_Maven)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2022, 4:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-canadian-provinces-and-us-states-have-you-been/975615/82 "2022-12-01T04:00:14Z")
I’ve been to 46 US states plus DC, Puerto Rico, & US Virgin Islands. My missing list is Alaska, Delaware, Maryland, & Rhode Island. If I ignore the OP’s 24 hour rule, I can add Maryland with an asterisk, because when we were in DC we took a taxi through it for a few minutes on the way to & from the airport. I’ve been to 6 Canadian provinces: Alberta, British Columbia, Manitoba, Ontario, Quebec, & Saskatchewan. ---
**Author:** ![Yelnick\_McWawa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/839c29/32.png) [@Yelnick\_McWawa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yelnick_McWawa)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2022, 2:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-canadian-provinces-and-us-states-have-you-been/975615/83 "2022-12-03T14:57:46Z")
> [@Bullitt](#): > > I’ve been to all 50 states and DC. Hawaii was my first, and Alaska was my 50th. > > In Canada I’ve been to 6 provinces: British Columbia, Ontario, Quebec, New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, and Prince Edward Island. > > I have not yet been to the Yukon Territory, the Northwest Territories, Nunavut, Alberta, Saskatchewan, Manitoba, and Newfoundland and Labrador. You beat me my one: I never been to P.E.I. Like you, Alaska was the 50th. ---
**Author:** ![cormac262](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f14d63/32.png) [@cormac262](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cormac262)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2022, 5:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-canadian-provinces-and-us-states-have-you-been/975615/84 "2022-12-03T17:10:08Z")
**Canada:** British Columbia Alberta New Brunswick Yukon Territory **United States:** (live in) California Never been to: North Dakota Wisconsin Michigan Vermont Nebraska Kansas Missouri **Of the other 43 states:** Spent more than “drive through” time: More than 2 nights, but less than 2 weeks: Idaho South Dakota Wyoming Minnesota Maine Massachusetts Connecticut Maryland North Carolina Florida Utah Washington Texas More than 2 weeks: Pennsylvania Virginia New Mexico Montana Nevada Ohio Arizona Colorado Oregon Alaska Hawaii The other 19 states I consider having “driven through”. More than just an airport stop, but not more than 2 nights as I passed through. ---
**Author:** ![Siam\_Sam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d78d45/32.png) [@Siam\_Sam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Siam_Sam)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2022, 8:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-canadian-provinces-and-us-states-have-you-been/975615/85 "2022-12-03T20:44:40Z")
Never been to Canada. I have been to 19 US states and Washington DC. Of those, I have lived in three states as an adult and five states overall. ---
**Author:** ![tomndebb](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/b9e5f3/32.png) [@tomndebb](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tomndebb)\ **Post date:** [December 4, 2022, 7:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-canadian-provinces-and-us-states-have-you-been/975615/86 "2022-12-04T19:19:58Z")
49 states. (Have not yet made it to Alaska.) 9 Provinces. (Not yet been to Newfoundland & Labrador or to any territory.) 1 state in Mexico: Baja California. ---
**Author:** ![SCAdian](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/scadian/32/3292_2.png) [@SCAdian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SCAdian)\ **Post date:** [December 10, 2022, 2:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-canadian-provinces-and-us-states-have-you-been/975615/87 "2022-12-10T02:45:47Z")
> [@](#): > > How many Canadian provinces and US states have you been? I’ve never been a province or a state, alas. Not even a tiny little village. ☹ Provinces I’ve been to: BC, NS States I’ve lived in: MI, IL, IA, CA, CT, VA, HI (7) States/Territories I’ve spent at least one night in: OR, WA, OH, IN, PA, ME, MA, NE, CO, UT, FL, LA, MD, WI, MN, NY / GU, PR, VI (16/3) States/Territories I’ve driven through: NV, NC, SC, GA, AL, MS, MO, KS, KY, WV, DE, NJ, RI, AZ, NH / DC (15/1) States I’ve never visited: VT, TX, NM, OK, AR, AK, TN, ND, SD, MT, WY, ID (unless you want to count sitting in an airplane on the ground for an hour or so) (12) Other countries I’ve visited: Japan, Hong Kong, Philippines, Thailand, S Korea, England, Scotland, Portugal, Spain, Norway, Italy, Greece, Bahrain, UAE, France, Gibraltar, Slovenia (not to mention Panama and Egypt – nice canals!) Not too bad, considering that as of my 28th birthday I’d only been in nine states, all in the Midwest. “Join the Navy and see the world,” indeed. ---
**Author:** ![Tamerlane](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tamerlane/32/7602_2.png) [@Tamerlane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tamerlane)\ **Post date:** [December 10, 2022, 5:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-canadian-provinces-and-us-states-have-you-been/975615/88 "2022-12-10T05:04:24Z")
That 24 hr rule, which I’m interpreting as 24 consecutive, really kills my totals. I’ve transited quite a fair number of states in a car or bus 🙂. But if I’m counting correctly just 19 states, D.C. and 3 provinces: California (lived) Washington state District of Colombia (lived) Illinois Ohio Michigan (lived) Massachusetts (lived) Pennsylvania New York (lived) Maryland Virginia South Carolina Tennessee Florida Arizona New Mexico Utah Colorado Nevada Hawai’i * * * British Colombia Alberta Ontario Nevada and maybe Tennessee is a little touch and go - I think I’ve spent one full consecutive day in both, but it might have been just a little less than that. But I’ve certainly driven through Nevada often enough. ---
**Author:** ![abcdefghij](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/43a26b/32.png) [@abcdefghij](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/abcdefghij)\ **Post date:** [December 10, 2022, 5:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-canadian-provinces-and-us-states-have-you-been/975615/89 "2022-12-10T05:14:27Z")
> [@Tamerlane](#): > > That 24 hr rule, which I’m interpreting as 24 consecutive, really kills my totals. Yeah, I understand the point of the rule; it’s reasonable to make a distinction between visiting and passing through. But… I’ve lived in DC for twenty-five years and worked in Maryland the whole time. We stayed one night in Baltimore, but I’m not sure I’ve ever spent 24 consecutive hours. So, I’ve never “been” to Maryland? Lots of people commute from New Jersey and Connecticut into NYC, but they’ve never “been” to New York? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-canadian-provinces-and-us-states-have-you-been/975615.md?page=4)