Bought itunes card in a different country than iTune account

We are from Canada and are on trip in the U.S.A. we decided to use the hotel's wifi connection to download some movies before a flight. I bought an iTunes card from the local store, but when I enter the activation code to receive the credit to our iTunes account there is an error that occurs. The reason that is given is our iTunes account is Canadian and the iTunes card is from the U.S. Is there any way to claim the credit from the iTunes card to our iTunes account, or am I out $15?
Thank you,

Going by a site that is based in Japan called Jlist that sells cards for the Japanese store my understanding is that you need to create a US account for the card to work. However once you download it goes into your library and works fine.
Please Note: I've not actually done this myself hence the lack of details.
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