How the crowd draws
258 drawings of its land border and 216 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 | 1,492,000 km²576,000 sq mi | 1,398,000 km²540,000 sq mi↓6.3% smaller |
| Outline | 12,621 km7,842 mi | 11,816 km7,342 mi↓6.4% shorter |
| Centre | 71.83° W, 53.06° N71.8° W, 53.1° N | 71.64° W, 52.85° N71.6° W, 52.8° N↘27 km south-east16 mi south-east |
| Westernmost | 79.73° W, 54.63° N79.7° W, 54.6° N | 79.54° W, 51.41° N79.5° W, 51.4° N→12 km short8 mi short |
| Easternmost | 57.11° W, 51.78° N57.1° W, 51.8° N | 57.05° W, 51.35° N57.0° W, 51.3° N→4 km beyond3 mi beyond |
| Southernmost | 74.51° W, 45.00° N74.5° W, 45.0° N | 72.20° W, 45.07° N72.2° W, 45.1° N↑8 km short5 mi short |
| Northernmost | 77.41° W, 62.57° N77.4° W, 62.6° N | 75.91° W, 62.30° N75.9° W, 62.3° N↓30 km short18 mi short |
Near the land border, 57% of the crowd’s lines run inside Quebec. Near the coast, 61% run inland.
Borders and coast
| Border with | In the game | The crowd’s |
|---|---|---|
| Newfoundland and Labrador | 3,843 km in the game | 3,439 km the crowd’s↓10.5% shorter |
| Ontario | 1,015 km in the game | 976 km the crowd’s↓3.8% shorter |
| United States of America | 766 km in the game | 563 km the crowd’s↓26.5% shorter |
| New Brunswick | 259 km in the game | 231 km the crowd’s↓10.8% shorter |
| The coast | 10,213 km in the game | 9,663 km the crowd’s↓5.4% shorter |
Watch the drawings
See every line on The Drawn Canada →How it is measured
The crowd’s Quebec: every few km along the real line, each drawing’s nearest point, inside Quebec 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 474 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 Quebec yourself and add your line to the next update.