How the crowd draws
148 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 | 504,000 km²195,000 sq mi | 418,000 km²161,000 sq mi↓17.1% smaller |
| Outline | 15,870 km9,861 mi | 12,525 km7,783 mi↓21.1% shorter |
| Centre | 73.28° W, 68.31° N73.3° W, 68.3° N | 72.91° W, 68.24° N72.9° W, 68.2° N↘17 km south-east11 mi south-east |
| Westernmost | 90.01° W, 71.58° N90.0° W, 71.6° N | 89.36° W, 71.25° N89.4° W, 71.3° N→23 km short14 mi short |
| Easternmost | 61.29° W, 66.66° N61.3° W, 66.7° N | 62.04° W, 66.69° N62.0° W, 66.7° N←33 km short21 mi short |
| Southernmost | 66.06° W, 61.87° N66.1° W, 61.9° N | 66.47° W, 62.33° N66.5° W, 62.3° N↑51 km short32 mi short |
| Northernmost | 86.59° W, 73.85° N86.6° W, 73.9° N | 84.67° W, 73.71° N84.7° W, 73.7° N↓15 km short10 mi short |
Near the coast, 65% run inland.
Coast
| Border with | In the game | The crowd’s |
|---|---|---|
| The coast | 22,700 km in the game | 17,512 km the crowd’s↓22.9% shorter |
Watch the drawings
See every line on The Drawn Canada →How it is measured
The crowd’s Baffin Island: every few km along the real line, each drawing’s nearest point, inside Baffin Island 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 148 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 Baffin Island yourself and add your line to the next update.