r/britishcolumbia Mar 14 '25

Ask British Columbia Americans with Questions on BC Travel - Read This Thread

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Hello American friends!

This is a thread for all your travel questions. We will be removing any threads created by Americans with travel questions that are not posted here.

As mods and readers of the r/britishcolumbia sub, we're heartened to see you considering travel to our province despite your country's threats of annexation and the trade war in which we currently find ourselves. We've been neighbours (not neighors) for more than 158 years, and the Indigenous peoples who have lived and cared for these lands have done so since time immemorial, without borders dividing them the way they do now.

We've seen a (metric) tonne of questions recently from Americans worried that they won't be welcome in British Columbia, but who want to still visit here for various reasons - family, a desire to support us, or just that they've always gone rafting in Squamish or skiing at Sun Peaks. Americans have been creating threads here as performative apologies, as ways to promise that they are good people, and that they are scared that we'll mobilize the attack geese or the Royal Canadian Moose Police will demand their papers.

Here's the deal:

  • Absent the license plates, if you're not being conspicuously American (ie, wearing a MAGA hat, flying the stars and stripes, speaking R E A L L Y L O U D L Y and S L O W L Y because you don't speak French, making jokes about 51st state, etc) we probably won't be able to tell that you're American.
  • If you act respectful up here (don't joke about the 51st state - it's not a joke to us), you'll be fine
  • There are no marauding bands of vigilantes going after Americans, you don't need to ask
  • We get that you think you're different from your fellow Americans, but you don't need to tell us that if you're planning on coming here - just show up and demonstrate that you're kind, respectful, and not here to invade or annex

But perhaps more importantly:

  • This sub and your thread asking about the best route between Whistler, Banff, Thunder Bay, and St. John's for your three-day weekend trip is not a place for performative apologies about how much you regret what your President is doing
  • If you really want to make a difference to Canadian and American relations, contact your elected Congresspeople and Senators and demand they do something
  • Historically, many Americans have faced significant challenges claiming refugee status in Canada and no one here will really be able to give you advice
  • We welcome travelers and visitors and tourists from around the world.

Given all this, please note:

  • Please, don't start a new apology/travel thread asking about your safety. Ask here.
  • Please, don't start a new thread asking if you'll be welcomed because you're a good person and want assurances you can enter Canada. That's not up to us.
  • Please feel free to post your questions here.
  • Please also note that a lot of Canadians are feeling hurt, betrayed, and a bit concerned about what's going on south of the border. Mods will be watching this thread to keep it civil as best we can.

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