How the crowd draws
134 drawings of its land border and 236 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 | 72,000 km²28,000 sq mi | 65,000 km²25,000 sq mi↓9.6% smaller |
| Outline | 2,574 km1,599 mi | 2,057 km1,278 mi↓20.1% shorter |
| Centre | 66.38° W, 46.61° N66.4° W, 46.6° N | 66.29° W, 46.56° N66.3° W, 46.6° N↘9 km south-east6 mi south-east |
| Westernmost | 69.05° W, 47.29° N69.1° W, 47.3° N | 68.17° W, 47.46° N68.2° W, 47.5° N→67 km short42 mi short |
| Easternmost | 63.78° W, 46.10° N63.8° W, 46.1° N | 64.01° W, 46.04° N64.0° W, 46.0° N←18 km short11 mi short |
| Southernmost | 66.88° W, 45.04° N66.9° W, 45.0° N | 66.48° W, 45.07° N66.5° W, 45.1° N↑3 km short2 mi short |
| Northernmost | 66.39° W, 48.07° N66.4° W, 48.1° N | 66.44° W, 48.00° N66.4° W, 48.0° N↓7 km short5 mi short |
Near the land border, 66% of the crowd’s lines run inside New Brunswick. Near the coast, 67% run inland.
Borders and coast
| Border with | In the game | The crowd’s |
|---|---|---|
| United States of America | 680 km in the game | 505 km the crowd’s↓25.7% shorter |
| Quebec | 291 km in the game | 165 km the crowd’s↓43.3% shorter |
| The coast | 3,038 km in the game | 1,892 km the crowd’s↓37.7% shorter |
Watch the drawings
See every line on The Drawn Canada →How it is measured
The crowd’s New Brunswick: every few km along the real line, each drawing’s nearest point, inside New Brunswick 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 370 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 New Brunswick yourself and add your line to the next update.