I'm taking a trip up to Canada this summer and I'm wondering where is a good place to visit. I live in PA so I think we are planning on going to Quebec because it's close and from what I understand it is one of the providences where the drinking age is 18. Also, does anyone know if you need a passport to get across the border? Because I have heard that you do, that you only need a birth certificate and a driver's license, and that you only need a passport to get back into the US.

I live in Toronto so you might want to visit that cause I own and therefore Toronto must own too right? Besides we got some big-ass waterfalls next to us n stuff. And we got... Public Transit!!! you dont see stuff like that in say..Mexico or Afghanistan....So yeah..

Wow, public transportation? That's a really good selling point of a place.

I'm taking a trip up to Canada this summer and I'm wondering where is a good place to visit. I live in PA so I think we are planning on going to Quebec because it's close and from what I understand it is one of the providences where the drinking age is 18. Also, does anyone know if you need a passport to get across the border? Because I have heard that you do, that you only need a birth certificate and a driver's license, and that you only need a passport to get back into the US.

You don't need a passport to get across the border from either side, just a proof of citizenship with photo and your birth certificate. I actually got across with only my medical insurance card (which needs citizenship in Canada seeing as how it's a government thing here) when going to Philly last fall.

I'd say visit both "national" capitals (Ottawa and Quebec). They're full of culture, old shit and museums, and both have REALLY good nightlifes. Ottawa's also got the Byward market as well as being one of the craziest cities in the country and it's just a blast to walk around it and check out shit. It's also easy to go anywhere because it prides itself on its crazy fucking bus service that seriously goes everywhere every 5 minutes, so it's really easy to navigate around town to go from one point to another.

I don't think it's worth it coming to Toronto unless you like dance clubs and are looking for a pretty good nightlife.  There's pretty much not a lot you can do here other than..sightseeing, I guess, but even that's not that interesting.  If you want gorgeous scenery I suggest you pay a visit to the mountains in British Columbia, and some of the maritime provinces (far east). If you want to  party and have lots of fun, go to Montreal (yes, the legal drinking age is 18)

I also live in Toronto (oh god otomon lives here?) and there is a lot to do here. Public transportation is a pretty big deal when you are visiting a place, as it lets you get around more quickly! There is lots to do here. I am not much of a culture buff, but I know of several museums and other things like that, so they can't be too hard to find. Unlike Ottawa Toronto isn't a fucking ghost town, so that might be a big plus. They speak French in Quebec (if that wasn't obvious) which could seriously hamper your enjoyment of the place (not being able to understand anything, that is) but there is a lot of history there and all of the fast food will serve you in English, pretty much!

Ontario's drinking age is 19. Toronto has about seven hundred clubs all right next to each other in the trendy part of town. What exactly are you looking for, anyways? Also, it's always best to carry a passport when going to foreign countries, no matter how friendly. It will prevent a lot of problems!

edit: FlowerPower, he lives in PA and wants to take a roadtrip, dude! Why would he drive to the West coast of Canada when the US also has a West coast which is mighty fine? Toronto has many museums and art galleries! Also the film festival is coming soon!

edit: FlowerPower, he lives in PA and wants to take a roadtrip, dude! Why would he drive to the West coast of Canada when the US also has a West coast which is mighty fine? Toronto has many museums and art galleries! Also the film festival is coming soon!

Oh I didn't know that...I'm just assuming. I guess you could talk about the art galleries but they don't really interest me too much, if you do come to Toronto though, check out the ROM (Royal Ontario Museum), they reconstructed part of the building and it looks awesome ().
and isn't the film festival in September, though?

Also, if you're going to go to Toronto there's a lot of festivals and stuff that go on in the summer so if you know your timeframe you could check out what's coming, last year there were a lot of cultural festivals and plenty of free concerts which is always awesome!

Don't worry about French in Montreal, most places can speak English, can't speak for the rest of Quebec, though.

There is also public transit in Calgary. :P And plus we have our lovely Alberta Beef! Be forewarned, its really expensive here though...

Also, according to various research I've seen, Calgary is supposedly the cleanest city in the world.

@FlowerPower - We are going up on June 14th or 15th and staying basically until we only have enough money to get back.

@Mamamack - I went to Niagra with my family once. I didn't like it too much. It was so touristy and over-crowded and stuff. The falls were pretty awesome though.

Also yeah, the west coast is pretty out of the question. Would take too much time and money and stuff. Also I didn't know that Quebec speaks only French. That is good to know.

Oh I didn't know that...I'm just assuming. I guess you could talk about the art galleries but they don't really interest me too much, if you do come to Toronto though, check out the ROM (Royal Ontario Museum), they reconstructed part of the building and it looks awesome

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and isn't the film festival in September, though?

Are you drunk, FlowerPower? That billion-dollar monstrosity on the side of the ROM looks like shit and serves absolutely no purpose (since it is not structurally sound enough to support more than a couple people walking in it) and was a complete failure from an architectural and financial standpoint. It also destroyed the ye olden vibe of the ROM (which is the vibe museums are supposed to have). It looks like someone crashed a really ugly alien spaceship into the building.

Also the Jewish Film Festival and one or two others are here in summer I am pretty sure.

Its a festival featuring all the cultures of the world,yeah I know it says "Missisagua",that city is basically Toronto`s bitch..so Imagine Im Toronto and Kaempfer is mah....you get the idea...anyways its something you might want to check out,I mean besides the statue they got of me in downtown Toronto,its true I tell you!!!

I live in East York (which is the heart of the city!) and am capable of throwing together grammatically sound sentences so I would be careful about claiming you are a better Torontonian than I am (yes, that is what they call us)!