How the crowd draws
302 drawings of its land border, from memory on Borderline’s Canada map, 3 October 2026 to 28 October 2026.
In numbers
| The real one | The crowd’s | |
|---|---|---|
| Area | 647,000 km²250,000 sq mi | 618,000 km²239,000 sq mi↓4.4% smaller |
| Outline | 3,545 km2,203 mi | 3,494 km2,171 mi↓1.4% shorter |
| Centre | 105.87° W, 54.24° N105.9° W, 54.2° N | 105.92° W, 54.18° N105.9° W, 54.2° N↙7 km south-west4 mi south-west |
| Westernmost | 110.01° W, 49.08° N110.0° W, 49.1° N | 109.98° W, 55.58° N110.0° W, 55.6° N→2 km short1 mi short |
| Easternmost | 101.36° W, 49.10° N101.4° W, 49.1° N | 101.52° W, 49.13° N101.5° W, 49.1° N←12 km short7 mi short |
| Southernmost | 101.37° W, 49.00° N101.4° W, 49.0° N | 104.95° W, 49.05° N105.0° W, 49.0° N↑5 km short3 mi short |
| Northernmost | 105.97° W, 60.06° N106.0° W, 60.1° N | 103.46° W, 59.90° N103.5° W, 59.9° N↓18 km short11 mi short |
Near the land border, 59% of the crowd’s lines run inside Saskatchewan.
Borders
| Border with | In the game | The crowd’s |
|---|---|---|
| Manitoba | 1,267 km in the game | 1,258 km the crowd’s↓0.7% shorter |
| Alberta | 1,240 km in the game | 1,224 km the crowd’s↓1.3% shorter |
| United States of America | 627 km in the game | 616 km the crowd’s↓1.8% shorter |
| Northwest Territories | 150 km in the game | 140 km the crowd’s↓6.7% shorter |
Watch the drawings
See every line on The Drawn Canada →How it is measured
The crowd’s Saskatchewan: every few km along the real line, each drawing’s nearest point, inside Saskatchewan 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 302 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 Saskatchewan yourself and add your line to the next update.