How the crowd draws
86 drawings of its land border and 352 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 | 1,090,000 km²421,000 sq mi | 1,077,000 km²416,000 sq mi↓1.2% smaller |
| Outline | 6,767 km4,205 mi | 5,890 km3,660 mi↓13.0% shorter |
| Centre | 118.93° W, 64.52° N118.9° W, 64.5° N | 118.79° W, 64.35° N118.8° W, 64.3° N↓20 km south12 mi south |
| Westernmost | 136.47° W, 68.87° N136.5° W, 68.9° N | 136.57° W, 68.91° N136.6° W, 68.9° N←4 km beyond2 mi beyond |
| Easternmost | 102.00° W, 60.05° N102.0° W, 60.1° N | 102.25° W, 60.17° N102.3° W, 60.2° N←14 km short9 mi short |
| Southernmost | 102.00° W, 60.00° N102.0° W, 60.0° N | 116.58° W, 59.82° N116.6° W, 59.8° N↓20 km beyond12 mi beyond |
| Northernmost | 128.01° W, 70.56° N128.0° W, 70.6° N | 127.63° W, 69.89° N127.6° W, 69.9° N↓75 km short46 mi short |
Near the land border, 49% of the crowd’s lines run inside Northwest Territories. Near the coast, 70% run inland.
Borders and coast
| Border with | In the game | The crowd’s |
|---|---|---|
| Yukon | 1,826 km in the game | 1,952 km the crowd’s↑6.9% longer |
| Nunavut | 1,646 km in the game | 1,529 km the crowd’s↓7.1% shorter |
| Saskatchewan | 135 km in the game | 141 km the crowd’s↑4.4% longer |
| British Columbia | 118 km in the game | 124 km the crowd’s↑5.1% longer |
| The coast | 3,724 km in the game | 1,494 km the crowd’s↓59.9% shorter |
Watch the drawings
See every line on The Drawn Canada →How it is measured
The crowd’s Northwest Territories: every few km along the real line, each drawing’s nearest point, inside Northwest Territories 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 438 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 Northwest Territories yourself and add your line to the next update.