U.S. States that Border Canada

There are 11 U.S. states that share a land or bridge border with Canada. How many can you name in 90 seconds?

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Alaska

Washington

Idaho

Montana

North Dakota

Minnesota

Michigan

New York

Vermont

New Hampshire

Maine

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106 Comments

+152

Level 26

Sep 4, 2014

I completely forgot about Alaska

+88

Level 80

Oct 26, 2016

I was going to forget it too, but seeing how the answers are sorted I thought 'what's west of Washington state?!'

Level 72

Oct 26, 2016

That saved me too.

Level 61

Feb 11, 2017

That also helped me out.

Level 94

May 20, 2019

Nope, British Columbia borders Alaska.

Level 54

Dec 2, 2025

Also borders Yukon.

+15

Level 69

Jul 15, 2021

And that's in Canada, no? And it's the westernmost bordering state... west of Washington.

Level 33

Jan 17, 2023

i forgor north dakota 💀

Level 18

Jul 21, 2023

I thought the same!!

Level 64

Feb 11, 2017

Me too. I was too busy running down the contenential states >.>

Level 53

Oct 25, 2022

Technically Alaska is continental

Level 38

Jun 6, 2023

They must've been thinking contiguous

+15

Level 49

Feb 11, 2017

Probably because US maps usually show it floating off to the west, unattached to anything....I almost forgot it, too!

Level 50

Feb 15, 2017

i live in alaska

Level 50

Aug 16, 2017

I, too, live in Alaska--which is why it was the first state I entered in the quiz.

+37

Level 80

Aug 17, 2017

Oh, you mean Alaska is not an island in the Pacific, close to Hawaii?........lol

Level 80

Aug 17, 2017

I lived in Alaska, too.

Level 43

Jul 9, 2023

no way real people live in alaska

+12

Level 77

Jul 30, 2018

Oh look at these Western Canadians. *Please don't hurt me it's just a joke*

Level 36

Aug 23, 2018

To Coloharpare: Exactly! Alaska and Greenland seem to be in no -man's lands.

Level 30

May 19, 2019

Probably because Greenland isn't owned by America or Canada but instead by Denmark...

Level 92

Jan 23, 2020

An island with a dead straight coastline on the east for hundreds of miles. It really kept the Army Corps busy.

Level 74

Jul 12, 2025

where do you think China got the idea of building islands?

Level 20

Jul 22, 2024

i live in alaska too!!

Level 74

Jul 12, 2025

until Canada becomes a state. 🤣

Level 61

Feb 12, 2017

Me too.

Level 16

Feb 13, 2017

Same

Level 59

Feb 14, 2017

me too

Level 17

Nov 28, 2017

same

Level 29

May 19, 2019

I remembered with 12 seconds to go ;-;

Level 77

May 25, 2019

same! xd

Level 70

Oct 17, 2019

Ditto

Level 40

Apr 30, 2021

Same

Level 25

Apr 30, 2021

same but i got 100 from looking it up

Level 69

Jul 15, 2021

Yeah the order saved me too!

Level 33

Apr 4, 2022

Same, my braincells were dead until I thought of Alaska...

Level 60

Mar 28, 2025

Got Alaska with 7 seconds to go!

Level 47

Nov 16, 2016

Pennsylvania is an interesting one. It shares a border over Lake Erie

Level 60

Feb 11, 2017

Pennsylvania has a border with Canada.

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Level 66

Feb 11, 2017

Read the directions! Pennsylvania and Ohio have water but neither a land nor a bridge (cf. Michigan) border with Canada.

Level 80

Jul 15, 2021

Ohio's closest point to Canada is less than four miles. I know that still doesn't officially count, but it is an interesting fact.

Level 63

Feb 11, 2017

If Pennsylvania was forgotten, then Ohio was too.

+14

Level 63

Feb 11, 2017

But maybe read the quiz description:

"There are 11 U.S. states that share a land or bridge border with Canada."

Ohio and PA: no land borders, no bridges.

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Level 78

Feb 11, 2017

Well, I am all for building a bridge from Erie to Ontario and then building a wall to block it, right in the middle. Paid for by Canada and built by free Mexican labour. Who's with me?

Level 45

Feb 12, 2017

yes tchalia

Level 68

Aug 17, 2019

In all seriousness, the distance across lake Erie at it's narrowest point is only about 25 miles of bridge, and there is a bridge from hong kong to macau that is 34 miles so it isn't even that unusual.

Level 92

Jan 23, 2020

^ Nowhere near as many people in one spot.

Nowhere near as much frozen solid surface in the current at the other.

Level 76

Apr 4, 2020

Unusual and impossible (and usual/possible) arent the same thing. How many bridges are there that are longer than 30 miles? If it is less than 100 or even 50 I would not could it a usual length for bridges.

Level 80

Jul 15, 2021

Kelly's Island, OH to Middle Island, ON is less than 4 miles. Still no bridge so it doesn't count for this quiz, but, for comparison, at the Olympics in a few weeks, the longest swimming event is 10km (6.2 miles), so the distance is definitely within swimming distance.

Level 80

Feb 11, 2017

I typed Pennsylvania probably 7 different ways, never even thought of Alaska. Stuck on 10.

Level 43

Nov 3, 2024

Same, then I thought it was Ohio and couldn't understand what I was doing wrong

Level 74

Feb 11, 2017

Alaska the least guessed, and by a wide margin. Just...wow.

Level 60

Feb 15, 2017

It's really easy to focus on the continental US and completely forget Alaska even exists.

Level 59

Feb 11, 2017

way too much time given

Level 36

Dec 15, 2017

Yes, exactly where is Alaska? - If it is, in fact, geographically between Washington State and Canada, then why isn't it put there on any of the jet punk quizzes, but is delegated to the bottom of the map along with Hawaii.

Level 72

Apr 16, 2019

It's to the West of Canada, separated from the rest of the USA. It is moved to the bottom on quizzes because if it was in its proper place it wouldn't fit in the map.

Level 94

Jul 15, 2021

Also, the word you're looking for is 'relegated.'

Level 4

May 14, 2018

No good on this one without a map

Level 44

May 22, 2018

Done in 21 seconds

Level 24

Apr 16, 2019

I just remember North Dakota with 2 seconds left.

Level 17

Mar 28, 2025

I got Michigan with 1 or 2 secs left!

Level 53

May 19, 2019

Took me a while to get Alaska.

Level 58

May 21, 2019

I like that the answers were arranged in order west to east.

Level 68

May 21, 2019

Pennsylavia?

Level 92

Oct 7, 2019

As the guy said in Tommy Boy, "Get a new map."

Level 27

Nov 10, 2019

How could I forget Alaska?

Level 62

Jan 3, 2020

I don't understand how I missed Alaska. I was too busy trying to get the eastern states.

Level 18

Jun 8, 2020

Missed Montana

Level 36

Jun 16, 2020

I nearly missed Alaska. wHaT eAsT cOaSt StAtE dId I mIsS nOw?

Level 25

Mar 2, 2021

I almost missed Alaska because I kept thinking Wisconsin, Ohio and Pennsylvania

Level 60

Apr 15, 2021

Oh god I almost missed Alaska

Level 47

Apr 26, 2021

20 seconds. would be faster if my hands weren't so cold. fun and easy

Level 53

Jul 15, 2021

Cold, fun and easy?

Level 55

Jul 15, 2021

Almost forgot about alaska.

Level 44

Jul 15, 2021

I am better at mobile than PC

Level 48

Jul 15, 2021

oh god, alaska, duh...

Level 75

Jul 15, 2021

Apparently Alaska is tricky

Level 54

Jul 17, 2021

Does Wisconsin exist? Ohio borders Canada as well.

Level 83

Jan 6, 2022

I know it’s weird because Minnesota has a hockey team and is cold all the time and they talk all funny, but that area next to Wisconsin is actually Minnesota. And surprisingly, Minnesota has not been annexed by Canada yet.

Level 79

Mar 4, 2022

Wisconsion, Illinois, Indiana, Ohio, and Pennsylvania border the great lakes, but not Canada.

Level 43

Jun 11, 2022

Incorrect. Ohio and Pennsylvania each have a border with the Canadian state of Ontario within Lake Erie. For the purposes of this quiz these borders (being neither land nor bridge) don't count but it doesn't make your comment any less wrong.

Level 83

Sep 12, 2022

Hard to trust you when you say that Ontario is a state.

Level 43

Nov 4, 2022

I assume most things are hard for you Dimby. All the best with everything xx

Level 33

Apr 11, 2022

I got all of them every try, but after like 15 tries i couldn't get my time under 14 seconds

Level 29

Aug 19, 2022

Bruh I forgot alaska

Level 42

Sep 23, 2022

I got 11/11 with 11 seconds left. I love it.

Level 52

Dec 2, 2022

How is Alaska least guessed...

Level 47

Mar 17, 2023

thx

Level 23

Apr 19, 2023

I guessed Ohio💀

Level 79

Apr 20, 2023

45 seconds, I think last time I just missed Idaho because it barely borders it, but it seems Alaska is the easiest one to forget for most people

Level 43

May 18, 2023

BLOODY ALASKA

Level 74

May 18, 2023

Alaska grr!!!

OK pedantically technically it does have a border with Canada.

Level 65

May 18, 2023

Alaska almost got me there

Level 27

May 18, 2023

I live in the USA, so I got all of them the first time.

Level 35

May 19, 2023

Ohio and Pennsylvania also border Canada

Level 34

Jun 2, 2023

i BEAST MODED this quiz

Level 25

Sep 15, 2023

First try in 35 seconds

Level 43

Oct 17, 2023

According to The National Museum of American History, there are 13 states that border Canada. These include Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont, New York, Pennsylvania, Ohio, Michigan, Minnesota, North Dakota, Montana, Idaho, Washington and Alaska.

Level 59

Feb 1, 2024

I forgot Alaska huh

Level 56

Mar 14, 2024

same

Level 20

May 2, 2024

I forgot New york💀💀💀👹

Level 57

Mar 27, 2025

i had ZERO idea new york borders canada

Level 29

Mar 27, 2025

how'd I forget alaska

Level 16

Jun 23, 2025

Well I feel like we should count lake borders since Ohio and Pennsylvania share a lake border with Canada but I guess not

Level 29

Dec 31, 2025

I'm kicking myself. How did I forget North Dakota?

Level 46

Apr 26, 2026

Technically Ohio and Pennsylvania border Canada too because the border doesnt end on land and there is a clear border in the Great Lakes.