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Just to confirm, does Continental US include Canada?

Canada is not within the country of the United States the last time I checked.

You'd be surprised how often "US-only" includes Canada.

I only asked because a google search tells me it includes Canada and Mexico.

At least you got to be snarky, good job.

That's just evidence of Google's decay.

In no world does "Continental US" mean Canada.

No, that's "America".

The term "American" being applicable to anyone from Canada, the US, and Mexico is a usage of the word that is found almost exclusively outside the US and Canada.

> Continental United States: The 49 States (including Alaska, excluding Hawaii) located on the continent of North America, and the District of Columbia.

From: https://www.usgs.gov/faqs/what-constitutes-united-states-wha...

This is used for citizens to log into USA government websites, so it's probably tricky to have employees outside of the USA.

ID.me is used in Canada, too.

Continental US (United States) refers to the 48 United States excluding Alaska and Hawaii.

(Southern) Ontario is geographically located within said 48 States, so whatever geographic need they have may still be fulfilled by someone within certain parts of Canada. It does not seem to be a legal need, else why exclude other US states?

> It does not seem to be a legal need

It almost certainly is a legal need. I don't know why you're dismissing this so quickly. Their product is the #1 access management platform for citizens to log into US government websites, I think that a lot of their employees will need basic security clearances from the US government because of their proximity to personal data.

It wasn't dismissed, it was met with a question. A question you bizarrely didn't answer. What's the point of replying to a question that you don't have an answer to?

It's due to time zones, and Ontario is most definitely not within the Continental United States, geographically or otherwise.

> It's due to time zones

And Canada mostly shares the same timezones and works hard to keep them in sync (e.g. daylight savings time) with US timezones exactly to allow these kinds of business dealings to happen comfortably. There are exceptions, but few Canadians live there. It is unlikely that the one asking is among the exceptional.

> Ontario is most definitely not within the Continental United States, geographically or otherwise.

Better look at a map again... Position yourself in the north end of Windsor. Pick a direction, any direction. Start travelling in that direction. No matter which direction you choose, you will end up in the continental US. The geography of the United States has it surrounded.

I know you understand that the continental United States ends at the borders of the United States, so why are you pretending otherwise?

What am I pretending? If the continental United States did not end at the border of the continental United States, this discussion wouldn't work. The latter half of the question does not logically follow the first, so it is not clear what the pretending is in reference to.

Perhaps you are questioning why I am pretending to be engaged with your trolling? Mostly because I enjoy your sense of humour. Some of the stuff you come up with is downright hilarious. Well done!

Can you name any of the 48 states that you claim some part of Ontario lies within?

No?

That's because it doesn't. No part of Canada is within the United States.

Sure. The combination of Michigan, Ohio, New York, and Pennsylvania completely wrap around some parts of Ontario.

Situate yourself in one of those parts. Pick a direction, any direction. Start travelling in that direction. As you are geographically located inside that combination of states, you will eventually end up crossing into one of the aforementioned states. There is no heading you can choose that would avoid it.

Have you never looked at a map before?

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