How the crowd draws
233 drawings of its land border and 301 drawings of its coast, from memory on Borderline’s Canada map, 6 October 2026 to 28 October 2026.
In numbers
| The real one | The crowd’s | |
|---|---|---|
| Area | 975,000 km²376,000 sq mi | 1,028,000 km²397,000 sq mi↑5.4% bigger |
| Outline | 8,434 km5,240 mi | 7,638 km4,746 mi↓9.4% shorter |
| Centre | 85.70° W, 50.37° N85.7° W, 50.4° N | 85.85° W, 50.52° N85.9° W, 50.5° N↖20 km north-west12 mi north-west |
| Westernmost | 95.15° W, 49.67° N95.2° W, 49.7° N | 95.12° W, 52.82° N95.1° W, 52.8° N→3 km short2 mi short |
| Easternmost | 74.34° W, 45.21° N74.3° W, 45.2° N | 74.34° W, 45.20° N74.3° W, 45.2° N=the same |
| Southernmost | 82.52° W, 41.93° N82.5° W, 41.9° N | 82.60° W, 42.07° N82.6° W, 42.1° N↑16 km short10 mi short |
| Northernmost | 88.86° W, 56.85° N88.9° W, 56.9° N | 89.48° W, 57.19° N89.5° W, 57.2° N↑37 km beyond23 mi beyond |
Near the land border, 40% of the crowd’s lines run inside Ontario. Near the coast, 50% run inland.
Borders and coast
| Border with | In the game | The crowd’s |
|---|---|---|
| Quebec | 1,085 km in the game | 1,035 km the crowd’s↓4.6% shorter |
| Manitoba | 951 km in the game | 995 km the crowd’s↑4.6% longer |
| United States of America | 907 km in the game | 780 km the crowd’s↓14.0% shorter |
| The coast | 6,596 km in the game | 5,674 km the crowd’s↓14.0% shorter |
Watch the drawings
See every line on The Drawn Canada →How it is measured
The crowd’s Ontario: every few km along the real line, each drawing’s nearest point, inside Ontario 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 534 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 Ontario yourself and add your line to the next update.