How the crowd draws
63 drawings of its coast, from memory on Borderline’s Canada map, 18 October 2026 to 28 October 2026.
In numbers
| The real one | The crowd’s | |
|---|---|---|
| Area | 70,000 km²27,000 sq mi | 63,000 km²24,000 sq mi↓10.1% smaller |
| Outline | 1,591 km989 mi | 1,509 km938 mi↓5.2% shorter |
| Centre | 121.35° W, 73.02° N121.4° W, 73.0° N | 121.64° W, 73.06° N121.6° W, 73.1° N↖10 km north-west6 mi north-west |
| Westernmost | 125.84° W, 71.96° N125.8° W, 72.0° N | 126.01° W, 71.96° N126.0° W, 72.0° N←6 km beyond4 mi beyond |
| Easternmost | 115.29° W, 73.49° N115.3° W, 73.5° N | 115.74° W, 73.57° N115.7° W, 73.6° N←14 km short9 mi short |
| Southernmost | 123.14° W, 71.08° N123.1° W, 71.1° N | 123.05° W, 71.15° N123.0° W, 71.2° N↑8 km short5 mi short |
| Northernmost | 121.46° W, 74.56° N121.5° W, 74.6° N | 121.21° W, 74.49° N121.2° W, 74.5° N↓7 km short5 mi short |
Near the coast, 59% run inland.
Coast
| Border with | In the game | The crowd’s |
|---|---|---|
| The coast | 1,752 km in the game | 1,595 km the crowd’s↓9.0% shorter |
Watch the drawings
See every line on The Drawn Canada →How it is measured
The crowd’s Banks Island: every few km along the real line, each drawing’s nearest point, inside Banks Island or outside it; the median over a short stretch is where the crowd puts the line there, and the real outline moved by it is the crowd’s. Where the move folds a narrow inlet over itself, the loop is cut.
The 63 drawings that scored 10 or more on Borderline’s Canada map, scribbles left out, the real line the game’s own. Area true to scale; the outline copies the real line’s detail, so its length changes only where the shape moves or a loop is cut.
Measuring how far the crowd moves the centre was Matt Forrest’s idea (forrest.nyc).
Draw Banks Island yourself and add your line to the next update.