How close to the Canadian border do you live???

[SmileyBoy]

(For Canadians, the question would be how close to the American border do you live.)

In terms of both miles and the length of time it would take to drive there.

I live exactly 151 miles from the border, or a 2 hour drive if I drive exactly the speed limit (75 mph).

[ghostsofgiants]

1. Since I live in eastern Nefoundland, I am basically on the border.

Not the Canada/US border, but border nonetheless.

[SmileyBoy]

3. Are you in St. John's???

I wish I could go there someday...

[ghostsofgiants]

26. Yes indeed I am.

[flamingyouth]

2. 150 miles

[SmileyBoy]

11. We're on the same latitude.

:D

[flamingyouth]

24. Seattle is on the 47th parallel

Fortunately, we have a maritime climate, which keeps us much warmer in winter.

[SmileyBoy]

27. I'll think of you when I'm freezin my ass off in -50 weather this January.

:scared:

[susanna]

4. No kidding...

Let's put it this way, when I stand on my upstairs porch, I can see across the river to the Canadian side. :-)

[SmileyBoy]

8. Where do you live???

I bet it's Buffalo or Detroit, right???

[TankLV]

25. Canada is WEST of Buffalo!

I hated trick geography questions in school!

[susanna]

42. Detroit.

:-)

[ogradda]

5. ummm i guess

about 200 miles give or take a few.

[yvr girl]

6. My guess is about 20 miles

Time - depends on when and traffic. 1/2 hour to 1 hour

[SmileyBoy]

9. I think Vancouver's suburbs start right at the border.

Once you cross into Canada from Seattle, you're in the Vancouver metro area. I went there a few years ago, and was amazed at how close it is to the US.

[yvr girl]

18. I don't live in the burbs

Vancouver proper, less than 5 minutes from downtown.

[flowomo]

7. which border?

[SmileyBoy]

10. The Canadian/American border.

:)

[flowomo]

13. well, goin north.... about 250 miles.... but if I go south.....

and all the way around to Ellsmere Island.... that'd be much farther.

[Philostopher]

12. About 200 miles

Takes between 4-5 hours, depending on how many stops we make and how much traffic we run into in Toledo and Detroit (and whether or not the construction in Detroit winds up with us getting lost looking for the bridge or the tunnel). If it's clear sailing, even if we stop once it's still just shy of four hours. Takes a while to get from the house to the highway.

On edit -- to Windsor from Dayton, Ohio, for the record.

[LDS Jock]

14. 1467 miles

to International Falls, MN from Austin, TX. There is a quicker way I'm sure but that was the city I could think of most directly north of here on the border.

[SmileyBoy]

20. Take I-35 to through Dallas Pembina, North Dakota.

Say hi to me along the way!!!:hi:

[Davis_X_Machina]

15. Three hours -- or if I were driving...

... in the other direction, in an 18-wheeler from a small town in Beauce in Quebec, an hour and a half.

There is a widespread belief down here that the Je me souviens on the Quebec license plate means "Get outta my way!".

[Dob Bole]

16. 2995 miles to Vancouver for me!

I live in South Georgia. Sure, there's a closer path to maple leaves, but people on here were mentioning Vancouver a lot. :)

[Swede]

17. About four hours to the USA border. Just northeast of you

Up here in Saskatoon.

[PittLib]

19. 238.5 to Niagara Falls, NY.

Closer if I were to cross Lake Erie ... but I think this is as close as I can get. 3 hours and 43 minutes supposedly - I bet I could get there faster.

[eataTREE]

21. About 10 hours from southern CT.

Not nearly close enough.

[DrZeeLit]

22. Technically, it's about 2.5 hours, but ...

...that's because I'm in Vermont, travelling on Rt. 7 North, and half the time the speed limit is 35 mph. Sometimes it revs up to 50 mph (whoa, the wind in my hair). So, it looks like a short distance on the map, but as we say like to say (and it is soooo true), "you can't get there from here."

We've been to Canada several times. Love it. What's funny -- we drove up after 9/1 and on the return the border police really checked the car, the trunk, our passports, everything. Very thorough, long line. We drove up this year -- no car check, no passport check, nothing. They barely asked our citizenship. Isn't that odd?

Go Canada!

[huellewig]

23. 357 miles

from Eugene, OR to Vancouver.

[TrogL]

28. five hour drive south

[baldguy]

29. About 5 miles

Then wait 2 hrs to cross the border. The Peace Bridge is way too congested. Faster to drive 20 min to Lewiston, or even Niagara Falls.

[progressivebydesign]

30. 189 Miles! 3+ hours if you factor in the Border stop! n/t

[5thGenDemocrat]

31. 100 miles to either Sarnia or Windsor

A little over an hour and a half to Windsor, around two hours to Sarnia (the trip to Windsor is almost all expressway -- save eight blocks here in Saginaw and about a mile in Detroit).
John
And Windsor is basically SOUTH of here.

[ElsewheresDaughter]

32. about 250 miles...about a 3 hr drive

[Zuni]

33. Quite a long way

I live in Maryland, which is near Washington DC in the mid-Atlantic area.

[HawkerHurricane]

34. Pffft.

Long way? San Diego to Canada would be one heck of a road trip.

[woofless]

35. Between 5 and 10 miles.

Not sure as far as straight line. northwest of here is Abbottsford BC and northeast is Chilliwack.

[DemWitch]

36. bout 130 miles...

[KT2000]

37. 17 miles if I swim

Add on 15 more if I have to drive to the dock and take the boat.

[Zero Division]

38. 437 miles or about 7 hours from Davenport, Iowa to Windsor, Ontario

I really ought to visit one of these days.

[Rhiannon12866]

39. Pretty close. I live in Northern NY State

I'd have to look up the exact miles, but I am far closer to the Canadian border than I am to NYC.:shrug:

[UrbScotty]

40. About 160 miles, or 3 1/2 hours, to Windsor from West Michigan

I know, that's a little too close.

[Dzimbowicz]

41. Straight line distance

The closest distance is to Windsor, 525 miles (or 800 Km, if you prefer).
I've been to Canada twice, once to Quebec for an afternoon jaunt while on vacation in Maine, and once to Nova Scotia (passing through New Brunswick). In all, both times my experiences in Canada were great.