How the crowd draws
79 drawings of its coast, from memory on Borderline’s Canada map, 3 October 2026 to 27 October 2026.
In numbers
| The real one | The crowd’s | |
|---|---|---|
| Area | 55,000 km²21,000 sq mi | 49,000 km²19,000 sq mi↓10.6% smaller |
| Outline | 3,038 km1,888 mi | 1,911 km1,188 mi↓37.1% shorter |
| Centre | 87.40° W, 75.45° N87.4° W, 75.5° N | 86.58° W, 75.29° N86.6° W, 75.3° N↘30 km south-east19 mi south-east |
| Westernmost | 96.97° W, 76.73° N97.0° W, 76.7° N | 93.41° W, 76.41° N93.4° W, 76.4° N→91 km short56 mi short |
| Easternmost | 79.35° W, 74.90° N79.3° W, 74.9° N | 79.72° W, 75.26° N79.7° W, 75.3° N←11 km short7 mi short |
| Southernmost | 87.68° W, 74.46° N87.7° W, 74.5° N | 85.02° W, 74.44° N85.0° W, 74.4° N↓2 km beyond1 mi beyond |
| Northernmost | 95.69° W, 77.07° N95.7° W, 77.1° N | 92.99° W, 76.63° N93.0° W, 76.6° N↓49 km short30 mi short |
Near the coast, 56% run inland.
Coast
| Border with | In the game | The crowd’s |
|---|---|---|
| The coast | 3,269 km in the game | 2,044 km the crowd’s↓37.5% shorter |
Watch the drawings
See every line on The Drawn Canada →How it is measured
The crowd’s Devon Island: every few km along the real line, each drawing’s nearest point, inside Devon 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 79 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 Devon Island yourself and add your line to the next update.