How the crowd draws
294 drawings of its land border and 296 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 | 937,000 km²362,000 sq mi | 831,000 km²321,000 sq mi↓11.3% smaller |
| Outline | 10,828 km6,728 mi | 8,162 km5,072 mi↓24.6% shorter |
| Centre | 124.36° W, 54.80° N124.4° W, 54.8° N | 124.05° W, 54.52° N124.1° W, 54.5° N↘36 km south-east23 mi south-east |
| Westernmost | 138.98° W, 59.98° N139.0° W, 60.0° N | 137.54° W, 59.84° N137.5° W, 59.8° N→80 km short50 mi short |
| Easternmost | 114.08° W, 49.02° N114.1° W, 49.0° N | 114.19° W, 49.07° N114.2° W, 49.1° N←8 km short5 mi short |
| Southernmost | 123.55° W, 48.32° N123.6° W, 48.3° N | 123.22° W, 48.40° N123.2° W, 48.4° N↑9 km short6 mi short |
| Northernmost | 129.48° W, 60.33° N129.5° W, 60.3° N | 128.57° W, 59.97° N128.6° W, 60.0° N↓39 km short25 mi short |
Near the land border, 57% of the crowd’s lines run inside British Columbia. Near the coast, 75% run inland.
Borders and coast
| Border with | In the game | The crowd’s |
|---|---|---|
| Alberta | 1,663 km in the game | 1,617 km the crowd’s↓2.8% shorter |
| United States of America | 1,629 km in the game | 1,624 km the crowd’s↓0.3% shorter |
| Yukon | 577 km in the game | 501 km the crowd’s↓13.2% shorter |
| Northwest Territories | 127 km in the game | 129 km the crowd’s↑1.6% longer |
| The coast | 8,393 km in the game | 5,015 km the crowd’s↓40.2% shorter |
Watch the drawings
See every line on The Drawn Canada →How it is measured
The crowd’s British Columbia: every few km along the real line, each drawing’s nearest point, inside British Columbia 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 590 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 British Columbia yourself and add your line to the next update.