https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Tue, 05 May 2026 01:33:48 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/anyone-travel-to-canada-recently-with-a-toddler#post-2509173 Tue, 29 Mar 2016 08:58:54 +0000 Anagram 2509173@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@abbydabbydoodlebug: gotcha. I used to live in Texas, but we still went to Mexico and DR and Canada fairly frequently, so I can't imagine not having passports--although it is funny that they are valid for 10 years and both of the girls are only 3 months old in their pictures, haha. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/anyone-travel-to-canada-recently-with-a-toddler#post-2509042 Tue, 29 Mar 2016 06:55:22 +0000 GrapeCrush 2509042@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Just took DD to Canada, trough buffalo, in October, and we only need her birth certificate. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/anyone-travel-to-canada-recently-with-a-toddler#post-2509025 Tue, 29 Mar 2016 06:13:37 +0000 regberadaisy 2509025@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@abbydabbydoodlebug: </p> [attach=1325/16/o4ssip.337x600.image.png] https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/anyone-travel-to-canada-recently-with-a-toddler#post-2508993 Tue, 29 Mar 2016 01:06:23 +0000 lamariniere 2508993@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>This is from the US state department website. Seems like a birth certificate is sufficient. </p> [attach=3467/16/o4sean.337x600.image.png] https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/anyone-travel-to-canada-recently-with-a-toddler#post-2508958 Mon, 28 Mar 2016 22:40:43 +0000 sapphire 2508958@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We went to Canada by boat with our 1 year old last month and used birth certificate only. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/anyone-travel-to-canada-recently-with-a-toddler#post-2508920 Mon, 28 Mar 2016 21:41:01 +0000 808love 2508920@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We went to Canada last year with my four year old and I think a birth certificate was fine but we got the passport. Look up Nexus card. If you are just driving across, it is way cheaper than a passport.<br /> <a href="http://www.immigrationvisatravel.com/us-trusted-traveler-programs/nexus-card-family-application/" rel="nofollow">http://www.immigrationvisatravel.com/us-trusted-traveler-programs/nexus-card-family-application/</a> </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/anyone-travel-to-canada-recently-with-a-toddler#post-2508914 Mon, 28 Mar 2016 21:29:14 +0000 Mirage 2508914@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Yes, we traveled with my son he was just over a year old and he needed a passport to cross the border, this was in November. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/anyone-travel-to-canada-recently-with-a-toddler#post-2508913 Mon, 28 Mar 2016 21:28:04 +0000 LovelyPlum 2508913@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>The last time we went, DD was 18 months, and we just needed her birth certificate. We drove across one of the bridges you will use. Not sure if it has changed or not, but I didn't think so! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/anyone-travel-to-canada-recently-with-a-toddler#post-2508907 Mon, 28 Mar 2016 21:12:01 +0000 abbydabbydoodlebug 2508907@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Mirage: even your kids need a passport? </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/anyone-travel-to-canada-recently-with-a-toddler#post-2508892 Mon, 28 Mar 2016 20:49:38 +0000 Mirage 2508892@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We live in Canada and need a passport to cross into the US so I would assume it is the same the other way around. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/anyone-travel-to-canada-recently-with-a-toddler#post-2508883 Mon, 28 Mar 2016 20:35:38 +0000 abbydabbydoodlebug 2508883@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@regberadaisy: OK thanks! I ordered a birth certificate for her already. It's that website cbp.gov? What website is that? I'll need to show my in laws proof from an official website, haha. </p> <p>@Anagram: it would be a waste for us to get a passport for her. We never travel. This is an anniversary trip that my in laws are paying for. We haven't even left the state for 3 or 4 years! Lol. It kind of happens when you live in the middle of a giant state like TX. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/anyone-travel-to-canada-recently-with-a-toddler#post-2508880 Mon, 28 Mar 2016 20:26:01 +0000 Anagram 2508880@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@abbydabbydoodlebug: why not just get her a passport so you have one? Both our girls, 2.5 and 7 months, have one. We go to Canada a lot amd although we normally drive, sometimes we fly and we want the option to go out of the country other places, too. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/anyone-travel-to-canada-recently-with-a-toddler#post-2508876 Mon, 28 Mar 2016 20:19:02 +0000 ALV91711 2508876@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Grace: This is what I thought. I think it has been about 8ish years since they implemented this. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/anyone-travel-to-canada-recently-with-a-toddler#post-2508874 Mon, 28 Mar 2016 20:17:28 +0000 regberadaisy 2508874@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@abbydabbydoodlebug: A lot of custom officers, both US and Canadian, have been telling us original onlys. So before our next trip across the border I'm going to get a certified copy and use that instead. Id rather not travel over constantly with my only copy!</p> <p>[attach=1325/16/o4s0x5.600x600.image.jpeg] </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/anyone-travel-to-canada-recently-with-a-toddler#post-2508870 Mon, 28 Mar 2016 20:14:17 +0000 Silva 2508870@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We live near the border so we decided to get her a passport. We will be going up for the first time in a couple months, when she is three. Getting the passport for her was really painless and super easy to do. We filled everything out in person (both of us went, otherwise you need a letter from the non present parent). </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/anyone-travel-to-canada-recently-with-a-toddler#post-2508869 Mon, 28 Mar 2016 20:13:06 +0000 JCCovi 2508869@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We went and needed a passport, but we were flying. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/anyone-travel-to-canada-recently-with-a-toddler#post-2508866 Mon, 28 Mar 2016 20:11:58 +0000 regberadaisy 2508866@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Grace: only for adults. It used to be just a drivers license but then post 9/11 adults needed valid passports. But still just birth certificate for kids. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/anyone-travel-to-canada-recently-with-a-toddler#post-2508863 Mon, 28 Mar 2016 20:10:55 +0000 Grace 2508863@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I'm pretty sure you do need a passport. I know a few years ago the US required us Canadians to get passports to cross the border (by land) and I wouldn't be surprised if we reciprocated. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/anyone-travel-to-canada-recently-with-a-toddler#post-2508861 Mon, 28 Mar 2016 20:10:37 +0000 regberadaisy 2508861@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@abbydabbydoodlebug: uh. No. Then the clerk must've misunderstood your inlaws. We've gone dozens of times with the girls and with niece and nephews with birth certificates.</p> <p><a href="http://www.cbp.gov/travel/us-citizens/western-hemisphere-travel-initiative" rel="nofollow">http://www.cbp.gov/travel/us-citizens/western-hemisphere-travel-initiative</a> </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/anyone-travel-to-canada-recently-with-a-toddler#post-2508857 Mon, 28 Mar 2016 20:06:31 +0000 abbydabbydoodlebug 2508857@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@regberadaisy: That's what I thought too. I'm not sure if they were clear or not to the clerk. The clerk said something about it being this law since 2009. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/anyone-travel-to-canada-recently-with-a-toddler#post-2508823 Mon, 28 Mar 2016 19:36:41 +0000 regberadaisy 2508823@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Unless something is changing in the near future we have always just used a original birth certificate to cross by land. Rules are different by air and sea. Was your mIL clear that you will be crossing by land? </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/anyone-travel-to-canada-recently-with-a-toddler#post-2508818 Mon, 28 Mar 2016 19:29:09 +0000 abbydabbydoodlebug 2508818@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We are going to Niagara Falls and Toronto this summer for a family trip. My in-laws just called and said that they talked to the county clerk and she said that my 2 year old will need a passport to cross the border. What!? All the things I've read online was that you just needed a birth certificate for kids to go to Canada. </p> <p>Can anyone clear this up with me that has had first-hand experience?</p> <p>ETA: We will be flying into Buffalo and then crossing in a rental car. We will not be flying into/out of Canada. </p>