How the crowd draws
117 drawings of its coast, from memory on Borderline’s Canada map, 3 October 2026 to 27 October 2026.
In numbers
| The real one | The crowd’s | |
|---|---|---|
| Area | 196,000 km²76,000 sq mi | 161,000 km²62,000 sq mi↓17.9% smaller |
| Outline | 8,796 km5,466 mi | 7,193 km4,469 mi↓18.2% shorter |
| Centre | 79.24° W, 80.01° N79.2° W, 80.0° N | 78.90° W, 80.01° N78.9° W, 80.0° N→7 km east4 mi east |
| Westernmost | 91.88° W, 81.64° N91.9° W, 81.6° N | 89.88° W, 81.72° N89.9° W, 81.7° N→32 km short20 mi short |
| Easternmost | 61.11° W, 82.35° N61.1° W, 82.3° N | 63.46° W, 82.31° N63.5° W, 82.3° N←35 km short22 mi short |
| Southernmost | 80.96° W, 76.14° N81.0° W, 76.1° N | 84.15° W, 76.31° N84.1° W, 76.3° N↑19 km short12 mi short |
| Northernmost | 69.67° W, 83.11° N69.7° W, 83.1° N | 70.74° W, 83.06° N70.7° W, 83.1° N↓5 km short3 mi short |
Near the coast, 68% run inland.
Coast
| Border with | In the game | The crowd’s |
|---|---|---|
| The coast | 9,805 km in the game | 7,962 km the crowd’s↓18.8% shorter |
Watch the drawings
See every line on The Drawn Canada →How it is measured
The crowd’s Ellesmere Island: every few km along the real line, each drawing’s nearest point, inside Ellesmere 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 117 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 Ellesmere Island yourself and add your line to the next update.