In defining which countries are part of a specific continent, we use the guidelines established by the International Standards Organization. That organization defines “North America” as containing the following countries/territories:

• Aruba
• Antigua and Barbuda
• Anguilla
• Barbados
• Bermuda
• Bahamas
• Belize
• Navassa Island
• Canada
• Cayman Islands
• Costa Rica
• Cuba
• Dominica
• Dominican Republic
• El Salvador
• Greenland
• Grenada
• Guadeloupe
• Guatemala
• Haiti
• Honduras
• Jamaica
• Martinique
• Montserrat
• Mexico
• Netherlands Antilles
• Nicaragua
• Panama
• Puerto Rico
• Saint Pierre and Miquelon
• Saint Kitts and Nevis
• Saint Lucia
• Saint Vincent and The Grenadines
• Sint Maarten
• St. Martin
• Trinidad And Tobago
• Turks and Caicos Islands
• United States
• British Virgin Islands
• U.S. Virgin Islands