How the crowd draws
138 drawings of its coast, from memory on Borderline’s Canada map, 11 October 2026 to 27 October 2026.
In numbers
| The real one | The crowd’s | |
|---|---|---|
| Area | 218,000 km²84,000 sq mi | 176,000 km²68,000 sq mi↓19.2% smaller |
| Outline | 4,989 km3,100 mi | 4,357 km2,707 mi↓12.7% shorter |
| Centre | 110.26° W, 70.85° N110.3° W, 70.8° N | 110.26° W, 70.87° N110.3° W, 70.9° N↑3 km north2 mi north |
| Westernmost | 119.12° W, 71.81° N119.1° W, 71.8° N | 118.95° W, 71.58° N118.9° W, 71.6° N→6 km short4 mi short |
| Easternmost | 100.85° W, 69.82° N100.9° W, 69.8° N | 101.72° W, 70.32° N101.7° W, 70.3° N←33 km short21 mi short |
| Southernmost | 113.20° W, 68.46° N113.2° W, 68.5° N | 112.79° W, 68.80° N112.8° W, 68.8° N↑38 km short23 mi short |
| Northernmost | 114.57° W, 73.38° N114.6° W, 73.4° N | 114.45° W, 73.24° N114.4° W, 73.2° N↓15 km short10 mi short |
Near the coast, 69% run inland.
Coast
| Border with | In the game | The crowd’s |
|---|---|---|
| The coast | 5,691 km in the game | 4,956 km the crowd’s↓12.9% shorter |
Watch the drawings
See every line on The Drawn Canada →How it is measured
The crowd’s Victoria Island: every few km along the real line, each drawing’s nearest point, inside Victoria 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 138 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.
263 small pieces of Victoria Island, 10 km² in all, keep their real shape, shown flat: islands no round asks players to draw, or too small to measure. They count in no figure.
Measuring how far the crowd moves the centre was Matt Forrest’s idea (forrest.nyc).
Draw Victoria Island yourself and add your line to the next update.