I am 18 years old and I will be traveling to Canada will I need a passport or can I use my birth certificate?

u will need a passport.

For Canada travel, your birth certificate is all that is required. Have fun!

U need a passport now or you will soon. The laws are changing. In the past, a birth certificate was enough. Contact a travel agent, they can usually give you the most current information.

this year a pic id and borth cert. next year passport
No. Americans do not a passport to visit Canada. However, the Western Hemisphere Travel Initiative (WHTI) will require American citizens to present a passport to cross the Canadian border beginning January 1, 2008.

For now, if you are an American citizen crossing the border into Canada, you need ID that proves two things: 1) Citizenship, and 2) Identity by way of a photo.

A driver's license on its own or a Social Security Card on its own are not valid ID to cross the Canadian border.

The following pieces of identification will serve as satisfactory proof of American citizenship to enter Canada:
US passport

OR


Birth certificate,

OR


Certificate of citizenship or naturalization,

AND


Photo ID, such as current driver's license

A birth certificate or license will work now; by 2007 a passport will be required.

From the consular sheet:

ENTRY/EXIT REQUIREMENTS: All persons entering Canada may be required to present proof of citizenship and identity. U.S. citizens are encouraged to show a U.S. passport. If they do not have a passport, they should be prepared to provide a government-issued photo ID (e.g. Driver’s License) and proof of U.S. citizenship such as a U.S. birth certificate, naturalization certificate, or U.S. passport.

You don't need a passport, but it's always good to have one just in case they change the law or you want to go somewhere else!

I was told tonight by my CPR instructor who's wife is from canada and he used to be a cop that as of july 2006 you need a passport AND a card that cost 50 bucks. The card is some other ID you have to buy. Contact your local immigration office (and i am talking about US citizens need both passport and ID card (not a license) a special new card that the government wants you to pay extra money for).

You CAN use a birth certificate plus a driver's license, as long as you have US citizenship.