Does a U.S. citizen need a passport to travel to Canada?

For a tourist. Please don't give me some long cut and paste. I'd like a simple answer based on personal experience. Ten years ago I crossed the border into Canada with only a New York State Driver's license but I've heard that since 2001 you now need a passport. Thanks in advance.

I drove in and just had my car checked...no passport.

NO!

@ the end of 2006 that will change, so go before 2006 is over.

Nope not at all... Just make sure to bring 2 forms of I.D. with you... I went myself and all they asked for was my license and how many packs of cigarettes did I have with me... Random huh?

soon you will but not yet. due to the NAFTA (north american free trade agreement) u can travel anywhere in north america w/o a passport but tht is going to change in a few years

yeah but not a visa

On one that episode of that 70's show, nobody who was a US citizen needed a passport to cross the border. I have a friend who travelled to Niagra Falls and then on to Canada and they didn't need to bring anything either. But I don't know if that will change in 2006 like that person said, if they do change it that would be pointless.

You can still get in with a birth certificate and a drivers license. But it is so worth it and alot easier to get a passport.

nope, i can go into the US without a passport so it's probably the same thing vice versa.. it's not until the end of this year that you'll need a passport. so long as you bring your driver's license and maybe a backup piece of ID you should be ok

no, you don't.