do i need a passport to travel to canada from the US?

you should, but I don't think our government is so anal

No, but you do need a valid ID and your original copy of your birth certificate.

yes u need it

NOt yet

You have to have a driver's license or some sort of gov. issued picture ID and also a birth certificate or Voter's REgistration card

must have 2 forms of ID one of which has a photo

I live in Detroit, right by canada

Here are the dates and criteria for when you will need a passport.

December 31, 2006 - Requirement applied to all air and sea travel to or from Canada, Mexico, Central and South America, the Caribbean, and Bermuda.

December 31, 2007 - Requirement extended to all land border crossings as well as air and sea travel.

Are you going to Jordan?

Yes you do.

A birth certificate and photo ID should suffice, unless there are strange circumstances like you can't speak fluent English or you were born in a country other than the US and Canada. To ease your worries, if you're going to travel the border a lot, just get the passport. It's less hassle. That's what I did.

Not yet, but it's the least complicated way to do it.