How the crowd draws
298 drawings of its land border and 170 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 | 54,000 km²21,000 sq mi | 46,000 km²18,000 sq mi↓14.9% smaller |
| Outline | 4,083 km2,537 mi | 3,317 km2,061 mi↓18.8% shorter |
| Centre | 63.39° W, 45.15° N63.4° W, 45.1° N | 63.39° W, 45.14° N63.4° W, 45.1° N↓2 km south1 mi south |
| Westernmost | 66.21° W, 44.10° N66.2° W, 44.1° N | 66.13° W, 44.10° N66.1° W, 44.1° N→7 km short4 mi short |
| Easternmost | 59.80° W, 45.95° N59.8° W, 45.9° N | 59.82° W, 46.02° N59.8° W, 46.0° N←2 km short1 mi short |
| Southernmost | 65.47° W, 43.45° N65.5° W, 43.5° N | 65.43° W, 43.55° N65.4° W, 43.6° N↑11 km short7 mi short |
| Northernmost | 60.60° W, 47.04° N60.6° W, 47.0° N | 60.42° W, 46.82° N60.4° W, 46.8° N↓25 km short15 mi short |
Near the land border, 44% of the crowd’s lines run inside Nova Scotia. Near the coast, 61% run inland.
Borders and coast
| Border with | In the game | The crowd’s |
|---|---|---|
| New Brunswick | 26 km in the game | 27 km the crowd’s↑3.8% longer |
| The coast | 5,561 km in the game | 4,444 km the crowd’s↓20.1% shorter |
Watch the drawings
See every line on The Drawn Canada →How it is measured
The crowd’s Nova Scotia: every few km along the real line, each drawing’s nearest point, inside Nova Scotia 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 468 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 Nova Scotia yourself and add your line to the next update.