[cdcarter]

Indeed. As a US resident I have never had a chip and pin style card. Every merchant around fully accepts magstripe only, and PIN needed for cash withdrawals.

[alwaysdoit]

I've tried pretty hard to get one. None of the banks I've found would provide me with one.

[wcfields]

You have to get a specialized "foreign traveler" credit card. My coworker got one from BoA since we work for a Montreal based company and travel up a few times a year.