How the crowd draws
301 drawings of its land border, from memory on Borderline’s Canada map, 3 October 2026 to 28 October 2026.
In numbers
| The real one | The crowd’s | |
|---|---|---|
| Area | 662,000 km²256,000 sq mi | 659,000 km²255,000 sq mi↓0.5% smaller |
| Outline | 3,729 km2,317 mi | 3,700 km2,299 mi↓0.8% shorter |
| Centre | 114.42° W, 55.02° N114.4° W, 55.0° N | 114.32° W, 54.84° N114.3° W, 54.8° N↓21 km south13 mi south |
| Westernmost | 120.00° W, 59.96° N120.0° W, 60.0° N | 119.88° W, 54.60° N119.9° W, 54.6° N→7 km short4 mi short |
| Easternmost | 110.00° W, 59.93° N110.0° W, 59.9° N | 109.86° W, 51.60° N109.9° W, 51.6° N→8 km beyond5 mi beyond |
| Southernmost | 114.07° W, 49.00° N114.1° W, 49.0° N | 112.03° W, 49.00° N112.0° W, 49.0° N=the same |
| Northernmost | 114.99° W, 60.09° N115.0° W, 60.1° N | 114.99° W, 59.92° N115.0° W, 59.9° N↓19 km short12 mi short |
Near the land border, 48% of the crowd’s lines run inside Alberta.
Borders
| Border with | In the game | The crowd’s |
|---|---|---|
| British Columbia | 1,724 km in the game | 1,707 km the crowd’s↓1.0% shorter |
| Saskatchewan | 1,239 km in the game | 1,230 km the crowd’s↓0.7% shorter |
| United States of America | 295 km in the game | 294 km the crowd’s↓0.3% shorter |
Watch the drawings
See every line on The Drawn Canada →How it is measured
The crowd’s Alberta: every few km along the real line, each drawing’s nearest point, inside Alberta 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 301 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 Alberta yourself and add your line to the next update.