How the crowd draws
237 drawings of its land border and 341 drawings of its coast, from memory on Borderline’s Canada map, 3 October 2026 to 28 October 2026.
In numbers
| The real one | The crowd’s | |
|---|---|---|
| Area | 647,000 km²250,000 sq mi | 651,000 km²251,000 sq mi↑0.6% bigger |
| Outline | 3,955 km2,457 mi | 3,790 km2,355 mi↓4.2% shorter |
| Centre | 97.49° W, 54.76° N97.5° W, 54.8° N | 97.61° W, 54.62° N97.6° W, 54.6° N↙18 km south-west11 mi south-west |
| Westernmost | 102.00° W, 55.85° N102.0° W, 55.8° N | 102.20° W, 56.99° N102.2° W, 57.0° N←12 km beyond7 mi beyond |
| Easternmost | 88.98° W, 56.85° N89.0° W, 56.9° N | 88.98° W, 56.87° N89.0° W, 56.9° N=the same |
| Southernmost | 101.36° W, 49.00° N101.4° W, 49.0° N | 98.76° W, 48.90° N98.8° W, 48.9° N↓11 km beyond7 mi beyond |
| Northernmost | 98.36° W, 60.05° N98.4° W, 60.0° N | 94.78° W, 60.01° N94.8° W, 60.0° N↓4 km short2 mi short |
Near the land border, 49% of the crowd’s lines run inside Manitoba. Near the coast, 23% run inland.
Borders and coast
| Border with | In the game | The crowd’s |
|---|---|---|
| Saskatchewan | 1,264 km in the game | 1,274 km the crowd’s↑0.8% longer |
| Ontario | 969 km in the game | 979 km the crowd’s↑1.0% longer |
| United States of America | 510 km in the game | 525 km the crowd’s↑2.9% longer |
| Nunavut | 396 km in the game | 379 km the crowd’s↓4.3% shorter |
| The coast | 906 km in the game | 609 km the crowd’s↓32.8% shorter |
Watch the drawings
See every line on The Drawn Canada →How it is measured
The crowd’s Manitoba: every few km along the real line, each drawing’s nearest point, inside Manitoba 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 578 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 Manitoba yourself and add your line to the next update.