How the crowd draws
150 drawings of its land border and 145 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 | 394,000 km²152,000 sq mi | 402,000 km²155,000 sq mi↑2.1% bigger |
| Outline | 12,744 km7,918 mi | 11,368 km7,064 mi↓10.8% shorter |
| Centre | 60.22° W, 52.75° N60.2° W, 52.8° N | 60.46° W, 53.20° N60.5° W, 53.2° N↑52 km north32 mi north |
| Westernmost | 67.79° W, 54.08° N67.8° W, 54.1° N | 67.45° W, 54.49° N67.4° W, 54.5° N→22 km short14 mi short |
| Easternmost | 52.67° W, 47.58° N52.7° W, 47.6° N | 52.68° W, 47.58° N52.7° W, 47.6° N←1 km short1 mi short |
| Southernmost | 53.56° W, 46.62° N53.6° W, 46.6° N | 53.61° W, 46.72° N53.6° W, 46.7° N↑10 km short6 mi short |
| Northernmost | 64.56° W, 60.30° N64.6° W, 60.3° N | 64.58° W, 60.29° N64.6° W, 60.3° N↓1 km short1 mi short |
Near the land border, 41% of the crowd’s lines run inside Newfoundland and Labrador. Near the coast, 52% run inland.
Borders and coast
| Border with | In the game | The crowd’s |
|---|---|---|
| Quebec | 4,102 km in the game | 3,855 km the crowd’s↓6.0% shorter |
| The coast | 14,667 km in the game | 12,802 km the crowd’s↓12.7% shorter |
Watch the drawings
See every line on The Drawn Canada →How it is measured
The crowd’s Newfoundland and Labrador: every few km along the real line, each drawing’s nearest point, inside Newfoundland and Labrador 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 295 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 Newfoundland and Labrador yourself and add your line to the next update.