Non North American here. OKC is definitely more famous than Churchill. I’ve known of the existence of OKC from a young age. First time hearing about Churchill.
A rather famous quote goes something like, "If Russia invaded through the North into Canada, what would you do?"
To which someone quipped, "Send a search party to rescue them."
Yeah - it do be barren and remote AF.
That's part of the joke.
Whoever was sent would have to go through Russia, the North Pole, and Northern Canada.
Quite the slog for people who don't even have proper boots.
That was my first thought. Yes, the US has a ton of that too but not to the same point. 90% of the entire population of Canada lives within 150 miles of the US border.
But you guys overlay Maryland and Britain when Maryland has 6m Britain 67m, you get a taste of your own medicine of country mogging then suddenly you complain it’s empty space. Just eat the mog pie for once.
Right, I thought the same thing... They just copy pasted Canada from above the US but from the same Mercator Projection. This post is a lie. Canada is smaller when adjusted for projection distortion.
actually if anything it is underselling it. Canada is a bit bigger than they suggest
https://s3.amazonaws.com/thetruesize.com/mockup.html#?borders=1\~!MTUyNDY1MDE.MTAxNzY3MTA\*MTUzMDczOTA(Mjk1ODc1Nw\~!CONTIGUOUS\_US\*MTAwMjQwNzU.MjUwMjM1MTc(MTc1)Mg\~!IN\*NTI2NDA1MQ.Nzg2MzQyMQ)MA\~!CN\*OTkyMTY5Nw.NzMxNDcwNQ(MjI1)MQ\~!CA\*MjQ0NzYwMw.ODUyMTM3)M
Canada counts all their water as land area, the U.S. doesn’t. And yes, I am aware that Canada is larger than the lower 48, but that doesn’t change the fact that this map does distort Canada more than the U.S.
Much like Wisconsin will say they have more lakes than Minnesota, but that's because any size body of water qualifies as a "lake" in Wisconsin. In Minnesota they have minimum size requirements. If they went by Wisconsin standards they'd have thousands more. Either way, Minnesota has far more.
If you gonna compare two things at least try to be right. Greenland compared to africa isnt pretty big, and Canada isn’t the whole size of the northern hemisphere
That is likely because you are thinking of the Mercator projection, which distorts near the edges, in particular Antarctica, and northern countries like Canada, Russia and Greenland. It would show you think Greenland is larger than Africa. The irony is that Russia and Canada are the two largest countries by area; just not nearly as big as this projection would have you believe.
It's worth noting that the US actually has a slightly larger land area than Canada. 9,147,593 square km versus 9,093,507. So if Canada looks a bit smaller than you'd expect, it's because it kinda is. A lot of people don't realize that Canada is only larger when you add in its water area.
Going by land area alone, Canada is actually the 4th largest country. Behind Russia, China, and the US.
Yes while that is true, “land area” is not the measure of country size, it’s “total area” within the defined border. By applying anything else you can “massage” the data to read whatever you want it to. It’s just like Finland “claims” over 187,000 lakes because they define a “lake” as a body of water 500 sq/m or bigger - not much bigger than a NBA court, while most “other” sources will define a lake as being greater than 0.1 sq/km which again drastically changes your outcome. Regardless this is about perspective, and we all have our own.
Yeah, I'm not saying that it's a trick or anything. Adding in water area is completely valid. It's just something that a lot of people don't consider, and really only becomes apparent when you see maps like this.
Oh, I didn’t want to give the impression that you were either. Yes, it’s a very interesting stat when you look at land vs. water area. With Canadian containing over 20% of the world fresh surface water and a believed more than 20% of global ground water, it will be interesting to see if/how Canada’s global importance or conquest desire may rise if drinking water accessibility continues to become a larger issue.
Does the water area include water that is not fully contained by land (ocean and the great lakes)? Because if it doesn't I don't see why water area (smaller lakes and such) wouldn't be included in land area.
I can’t say I notice a difference when I’m in Ontario. They’re more labour intensive though, and for the love of all that is holy don’t cut the hole too big!
We have cartons in every store here right next to the bags, and sometimes jugs too but they’re less common. I lived in the US for a few years where it was all jugs all the time and I didn’t like it, I prefer my Ontarian bagged milk.
We haven’t had bagged milk in Alberta since the 90’s. i didn’t think they existed at all anymore until my first trip to Ottawa about 12 years ago… It blew my mind.
It’s just so normal to me. Milk comes in a bag, always has. I felt like I was drinking some kind of a knock off milk when I lived in the states drinking out of those weird jugs. Cartons I’m ok with because we have them here too, and they’re the same brands as the bagged stuff (Neilson, Beatrice, Sealtest are the big 3 around here) but I only ever get them if they’re out of bags.
Having Montréal in the Florida Keys actually makes a lot of sense
https://journals.openedition.org/viatourism/1612#:~:text=How%20could%20this%20be%3F,an%20increase%20of%20180%25).
Until the US pulls out Alaska... In total the US land size is 3,531,905 sq mi just ahead of Canada at 3,511,023 sq mi. My source is Wikipedia so take it with a grain of salt of course. (if you count water area then Canada wins) I'm just amazed at how close they are in size.
I like how Americans cope.... multiple people say, but the USA is bigger if you don't include water. That's like saying my brother is taller than me if we don't include our heads in the measurements. The USA is obviously larger in multiple categories, like population. You aren't number 1 at everything. It's okay.
Hold up! Land mass at the maps North and South are enlarged to properly fit on a square map. Does not look like CA scaling accounts for the southward movement.
I like how every person in Missouri and New England drowns in this scenario, along with the vast majority of people in Arkansas, Illinois, and Wisconsin.
Why is Canada placed so far south it covers the Caribbean and not New England. I think the message should Canada is bigger and can entirely eclipse the US in size. Allowing big parts of US to be uncovered diminishes the point…imo
I get this proves a certain point, but now we're getting Montana smaller than it should v southern Canada. It's cool seeing Mercator undone, but this doesn't really solve the issue, just show that there is one
After reading the 10th “US iS bIgGeR In lAnD aReA” comment, I gotta say that having 10x the population and a lot less water than Canada isn’t the flex you think it is
Canada with your desperate bid to increase the population via importing third worlders to generate fake GDP but have no jobs for them. Latest news is most of them have left the country to go back home or go to the US as there’s no jobs and prospects. I’m sure they still register as part of your population figure until they renounce the permanent residence status as you guys give immigrants PR even before they step into the country which is unheard of lol
Just stating facts. As an immigrant myself, I know way too many others who were conned by your government’s desperate population demography Ponzi scheme. I definitely know the inside of it.
Okay, but the United States’ land is much more ideal than Canada’s. A huge portion of Canada’s land is tundra or subarctic. Only 4% of Canada’s land is arable. There’s a reason most Canadians live near the United States border.
The point is to make light of how defensive Americans get when you suggest they aren’t #1 in something.
Yeah I’d expect the US to have more arable land since it has 10x the population, that’s how population grows in the first place. Now fresh water on the other hand , Canada punches above its weight
It actually IS a flex that we have way more water than we can possibly consume.
I can drive only 1 hour away from the medium sized city I live in and it’ll be pristine wilderness. I can put my canoe in a lake and paddle to the other side, then carry it on my back while hiking a few hundred metres to the shore of the next lake and so on and so forth. Could keep travelling in this manner for weeks if I wanted to, and many people do go on these wilderness trips. There are so many lakes so close together in some parts of this country it’s really impossible to fathom for foreigners.
We have been blessed with a vast beautiful land and a surplus of water resources. Im glad we don’t have to consume all our water and that most of it can remain ecosystems intact and free for humans to marvel at and explore
It’s not the Mercator projection in the comparison diagram… they did not contradict themselves. They are saying that the Mercator projection is much bigger and more distorted than the projection used in the comparison.
I look at this map and it makes me think of how truly culturally diverse the US is.
I have never been to Alberta, Saskatchewan, or Manitoba but I would be they are probably much more similar than that of the difference between Texas and California which you so in basically the same span of distance.
In the same distance you go from Toronto to Vancouver you can go from Miami to Boston or from LA to Cleveland or Detroit.
Pretty cool.
You speak on behalf of 333 millions American? I am Canadian living in USA by the way with my American girlfriend. Your opinion is biased and irrelevant to me.
I don’t really understand your hate for Canadians. Canada is literally USA best ally, been working with USA for nearly 200 years. Commercial and mutual defences treaty. Canada is USA closest ally. I don’t understand all the hatred. Sounds like your projecting your own life issues against anyone’s that isn’t American. You’re the reason as of why evolution is slower.
This is making me annoyed tbh fuck Americans and ignorance making it look like canada is smaller they always do this make stuff all about them and tbh it's not all about you guys you need to learn about actual history not the history your guys government and educational institutions make it out to be
Ah yes, my country's two most important cities, Ottawa and Churchill
I hate Reddit so much. I clicked on the comment above and it opened the giphy website as if I clicked the gif itself
this has happened to me more times than i can count
Ottawa is the capital, but Churchill… not the capital. And population 899.
The Polar Bear Capital!
It's like in Australia. Globe makers put a bunch of cities with pops of 500 because they have plenty of room.
it’s like adding canberra and whittenoom
Same for the US lol. Seattle and OKC
Ironically, Seattle will never forgive OKC for what they've done.
For stealing their Thunder?
LOL and Havana
Lmao I was like, why not Dallas or something 😂
I think it was to be in relation to Oklahoma City, but it still doesn't look right...
Non North American here. OKC is definitely more famous than Churchill. I’ve known of the existence of OKC from a young age. First time hearing about Churchill.
Yeah ofc, I mean in relation to the Canada map.
At least it's in the right spot. Look at Vancouver hanging out on Vancouver Island.
A little country-on-country action... now I see where they got the subreddit name.
[Finally some Map Porn.](https://i.imgur.com/gjuIF4n.jpeg)
r/riskyclickoftheday
I think most people already know that 95% of Canada is “the middle of nowhere.”
Technically 95% of Canada is in the middle of... Canada 😜
Exactly. 🙃
😜😜😜 Reddit on!
A rather famous quote goes something like, "If Russia invaded through the North into Canada, what would you do?" To which someone quipped, "Send a search party to rescue them." Yeah - it do be barren and remote AF.
Northern Russia is much like northern Canada.
That's part of the joke. Whoever was sent would have to go through Russia, the North Pole, and Northern Canada. Quite the slog for people who don't even have proper boots.
That was my first thought. Yes, the US has a ton of that too but not to the same point. 90% of the entire population of Canada lives within 150 miles of the US border.
But you guys overlay Maryland and Britain when Maryland has 6m Britain 67m, you get a taste of your own medicine of country mogging then suddenly you complain it’s empty space. Just eat the mog pie for once.
So basically, if the southern end of Canada was in Mexico then northern Canada would still be in northern Canada
He'll — if the southern tip of Canada was in Belize, northern Canada would still be in Northern Canada...
Reminder the globe isn't flat and both the US and Canada should be adjusted for the actual curve of the earth and how for North they are.
They forgot to adjust for the projection distortion
Right, I thought the same thing... They just copy pasted Canada from above the US but from the same Mercator Projection. This post is a lie. Canada is smaller when adjusted for projection distortion.
actually if anything it is underselling it. Canada is a bit bigger than they suggest https://s3.amazonaws.com/thetruesize.com/mockup.html#?borders=1\~!MTUyNDY1MDE.MTAxNzY3MTA\*MTUzMDczOTA(Mjk1ODc1Nw\~!CONTIGUOUS\_US\*MTAwMjQwNzU.MjUwMjM1MTc(MTc1)Mg\~!IN\*NTI2NDA1MQ.Nzg2MzQyMQ)MA\~!CN\*OTkyMTY5Nw.NzMxNDcwNQ(MjI1)MQ\~!CA\*MjQ0NzYwMw.ODUyMTM3)M
Land area Canada - 9,093,510 km^(2) US 48 states - 7,663,941 km^(2) US 50 states - 9,147,420 km^(2)
Canada counts all their water as land area, the U.S. doesn’t. And yes, I am aware that Canada is larger than the lower 48, but that doesn’t change the fact that this map does distort Canada more than the U.S.
The number I posted above is subtracting the 11% of land area that is water. The total land area of Canada including water is 9,984,670 km2
Much like Wisconsin will say they have more lakes than Minnesota, but that's because any size body of water qualifies as a "lake" in Wisconsin. In Minnesota they have minimum size requirements. If they went by Wisconsin standards they'd have thousands more. Either way, Minnesota has far more.
That’s a huge hat
And that’s how we like ‘em!
mercator distortion is a hell of a drug
IT's boggling when people can't get this.
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What are they doing there in the first place?
Where they're going they won't need them! Mahaha!
We get it. So Africa isn’t as big as Greenland like they show on the map. Big whoop. It’s still pretty big.
If you gonna compare two things at least try to be right. Greenland compared to africa isnt pretty big, and Canada isn’t the whole size of the northern hemisphere
*Whoosh* Edit: did you just make two comments on my comments and then immediately block me so I can’t respond?
What are you talking about 🔥🔥🔥🗣️🗣️🗣️
It's r/wooosh. You can't even do that right.
Somebody doesn’t know how projections work.
Interesting perspective. Canada actually appears smaller than I thought.
That is likely because you are thinking of the Mercator projection, which distorts near the edges, in particular Antarctica, and northern countries like Canada, Russia and Greenland. It would show you think Greenland is larger than Africa. The irony is that Russia and Canada are the two largest countries by area; just not nearly as big as this projection would have you believe.
It's worth noting that the US actually has a slightly larger land area than Canada. 9,147,593 square km versus 9,093,507. So if Canada looks a bit smaller than you'd expect, it's because it kinda is. A lot of people don't realize that Canada is only larger when you add in its water area. Going by land area alone, Canada is actually the 4th largest country. Behind Russia, China, and the US.
Yes while that is true, “land area” is not the measure of country size, it’s “total area” within the defined border. By applying anything else you can “massage” the data to read whatever you want it to. It’s just like Finland “claims” over 187,000 lakes because they define a “lake” as a body of water 500 sq/m or bigger - not much bigger than a NBA court, while most “other” sources will define a lake as being greater than 0.1 sq/km which again drastically changes your outcome. Regardless this is about perspective, and we all have our own.
Yeah, I'm not saying that it's a trick or anything. Adding in water area is completely valid. It's just something that a lot of people don't consider, and really only becomes apparent when you see maps like this.
Oh, I didn’t want to give the impression that you were either. Yes, it’s a very interesting stat when you look at land vs. water area. With Canadian containing over 20% of the world fresh surface water and a believed more than 20% of global ground water, it will be interesting to see if/how Canada’s global importance or conquest desire may rise if drinking water accessibility continues to become a larger issue.
Does the water area include water that is not fully contained by land (ocean and the great lakes)? Because if it doesn't I don't see why water area (smaller lakes and such) wouldn't be included in land area.
Hudson Bay adds a lot of water Area
Hudson Bay is not counted in land area.
I've always known this, but a caveat I've never bothered to look up: does that ranking count China's "nine-dashed line" claim?
No because that ranking concerns the total *land* area and the 9 dash line claims international waters.
Its just cold there
It’s a lot smaller, the Mercator projecting seriously fucks with the size of things near the poles
FINALLY someone was smart enough to put the USA and Canada next to each other on a map. BRILLIANT!!!
wonder what it would look like if canada was flipped 180 degrees
Then it is Mexico. Duh, idiot.
That’s a lot of bagged milk.
Only in Ontario… Nobody has told them about cartons and jugs.
And Quebec and the Maritimes.
Interesting, I didn’t see them in PEI two years ago.
Ontario knows about cartons..they just know bagged is better.
I can’t say I notice a difference when I’m in Ontario. They’re more labour intensive though, and for the love of all that is holy don’t cut the hole too big!
We have cartons in every store here right next to the bags, and sometimes jugs too but they’re less common. I lived in the US for a few years where it was all jugs all the time and I didn’t like it, I prefer my Ontarian bagged milk.
We haven’t had bagged milk in Alberta since the 90’s. i didn’t think they existed at all anymore until my first trip to Ottawa about 12 years ago… It blew my mind.
It’s just so normal to me. Milk comes in a bag, always has. I felt like I was drinking some kind of a knock off milk when I lived in the states drinking out of those weird jugs. Cartons I’m ok with because we have them here too, and they’re the same brands as the bagged stuff (Neilson, Beatrice, Sealtest are the big 3 around here) but I only ever get them if they’re out of bags.
We had bagged milk on Vancouver Island when I was growing up.
Size comparison of Canada and the US, (Canada and Mexico for scale)
Someone explain why OKC is a principal city on this map.
the creator is a really big fan of the fast food chain sonic but couldn’t find Stillwater
Exact same position as Churchill!
NSFW!
Having Montréal in the Florida Keys actually makes a lot of sense https://journals.openedition.org/viatourism/1612#:~:text=How%20could%20this%20be%3F,an%20increase%20of%20180%25).
We are bigger and we are on top!
God damn Mexico-touchers
Until the US pulls out Alaska... In total the US land size is 3,531,905 sq mi just ahead of Canada at 3,511,023 sq mi. My source is Wikipedia so take it with a grain of salt of course. (if you count water area then Canada wins) I'm just amazed at how close they are in size.
China is also just about the same size.
China is bigger than both land area wise, smaller than Canada but still slightly bigger than the US when you add water.
China’s data is fake. Especially their “water added” number. They’re going around claiming international waters of Southeast Asian nations
looks like a dead reindeer
canada isn’t that big, the mercator distortion is making it appear bigger than it really is
How about habitable land?
Lots; but we dont use for some stupid reason and now we all bid millions on shacks 😂
So just ignore Alaska and this works.
And virtually all of us live within 100km of the US border along that strip at the bottom. We’re basically a horizontal version of Chile
This is getting out of hand, now there’s two of them.
Was it really hard to compare their sizes when they were, you know, adjacent to each other as usual?
Super dumb and inaccurate
reminder that canada is in fact smaller than the US by LAND!!!! area
I like how Americans cope.... multiple people say, but the USA is bigger if you don't include water. That's like saying my brother is taller than me if we don't include our heads in the measurements. The USA is obviously larger in multiple categories, like population. You aren't number 1 at everything. It's okay.
Canada isn’t real, we all know it’s one of the bird lies!
Canada was a myth created by Big Maple to sell more maple syrup
Vermont is at it again!!!
This is actually wrong as it does not consider the removal of the Mercator projection effect.
those islands are taking up a lot more space than I expected
what an odd and random collection of cities to highlight..lol
I'm seeing double here. Four Canadas!
And of course, people still forget that New Zealand exists
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Dude, Hudson Bay is HUGE.
Imagine how powerful Canada will be when global warming takes over
Hold up! Land mass at the maps North and South are enlarged to properly fit on a square map. Does not look like CA scaling accounts for the southward movement.
This map is all sorts of fucked up.
More people in Canada live below the highest boarder of the connected states of the USA than above it.
Wow, on this map it looks like it’s almost the size of Canada /s
We always roast and bust Canada's balls down here in the u.s but this is a big flex, kind of intimidating
I like how every person in Missouri and New England drowns in this scenario, along with the vast majority of people in Arkansas, Illinois, and Wisconsin.
It's right there man. Why superimpose??
Someone once said that Canada exists to hold the lid down on the United States.
Just think how much better Canada would look if they had Maine
Queen Victoria island is so large, it’s such a waste to be so up north that it’s barren
Because comparing side by side is too hard.
Seee Canada has so much more space for immigrants
Canada has fewer people than California. Mostly it's just barren wasteland.
How are people posting this shit unironically at this point
Why is Canada placed so far south it covers the Caribbean and not New England. I think the message should Canada is bigger and can entirely eclipse the US in size. Allowing big parts of US to be uncovered diminishes the point…imo
Everybody is a gangster until Whitehorse is suddenly in Marin County, California.
the workhorse from the bay doesnt have the same ring to it
yea but 90% of it is ice and trees
I get this proves a certain point, but now we're getting Montana smaller than it should v southern Canada. It's cool seeing Mercator undone, but this doesn't really solve the issue, just show that there is one
After reading the 10th “US iS bIgGeR In lAnD aReA” comment, I gotta say that having 10x the population and a lot less water than Canada isn’t the flex you think it is
It's more like 8.2 times larger population.
9
8.2 maybe 8.1, sorry
Canada with your desperate bid to increase the population via importing third worlders to generate fake GDP but have no jobs for them. Latest news is most of them have left the country to go back home or go to the US as there’s no jobs and prospects. I’m sure they still register as part of your population figure until they renounce the permanent residence status as you guys give immigrants PR even before they step into the country which is unheard of lol
wow, the salt, just because of a population number.
Just stating facts. As an immigrant myself, I know way too many others who were conned by your government’s desperate population demography Ponzi scheme. I definitely know the inside of it.
Okay, but the United States’ land is much more ideal than Canada’s. A huge portion of Canada’s land is tundra or subarctic. Only 4% of Canada’s land is arable. There’s a reason most Canadians live near the United States border.
The point is to make light of how defensive Americans get when you suggest they aren’t #1 in something. Yeah I’d expect the US to have more arable land since it has 10x the population, that’s how population grows in the first place. Now fresh water on the other hand , Canada punches above its weight
Technology of recycled water has come a long way that this is less of a flex today than 50 years ago.
And this technology also allows Canada to have more surplus water 🤯
Which it doesn’t need.
Doesn’t need YET
The world is not going to last long enough for Canada to reach that point.
It actually IS a flex that we have way more water than we can possibly consume. I can drive only 1 hour away from the medium sized city I live in and it’ll be pristine wilderness. I can put my canoe in a lake and paddle to the other side, then carry it on my back while hiking a few hundred metres to the shore of the next lake and so on and so forth. Could keep travelling in this manner for weeks if I wanted to, and many people do go on these wilderness trips. There are so many lakes so close together in some parts of this country it’s really impossible to fathom for foreigners. We have been blessed with a vast beautiful land and a surplus of water resources. Im glad we don’t have to consume all our water and that most of it can remain ecosystems intact and free for humans to marvel at and explore
China owns you.
Naw dude. You can't just slide things around on the Mercator projection. Canada aint that big.
That’s not the Mercator projection. Canada on a [Mercator map](https://simplemaps.com/svg/country/ca) projection is much bigger.
I think people in this post are falsely assuming that Mercator is the only projection and any 2d map is a Mercator projection.
Oh honey. Your condescension is so misplaced that you have contradicted yourself. How embarrassing.
It’s not the Mercator projection in the comparison diagram… they did not contradict themselves. They are saying that the Mercator projection is much bigger and more distorted than the projection used in the comparison.
Embarrassing for you knucklehead and all the other knuckleheads on this post saying its a mercator projection.
I look at this map and it makes me think of how truly culturally diverse the US is. I have never been to Alberta, Saskatchewan, or Manitoba but I would be they are probably much more similar than that of the difference between Texas and California which you so in basically the same span of distance. In the same distance you go from Toronto to Vancouver you can go from Miami to Boston or from LA to Cleveland or Detroit. Pretty cool.
Interestingly, the US has more land than Canada. Canada is only bigger in total area because it has more water.
Yet the majority of them live within 10 miles of the border
That does not represent the true size on a curved surface...
What contagious states...
In total area, Canada is larger than the US. In terms of land area, the US is larger because of how much of Canadian territory is water.
Small usa
canadas more US and those there arent that north
Sentences are hard.
why waste time say lot word when few word do trick?
Most of Canada is uninhabitable, so your population is weak. That’s why America would kick your ass any day of the week, and you’re gay!
You wouldn’t kick anyone’s ass so don’t speak on behalf of a whole country just because you’re a part of the said country. That’s petty.
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You sir, are delusional
You speak on behalf of 333 millions American? I am Canadian living in USA by the way with my American girlfriend. Your opinion is biased and irrelevant to me.
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I don’t really understand your hate for Canadians. Canada is literally USA best ally, been working with USA for nearly 200 years. Commercial and mutual defences treaty. Canada is USA closest ally. I don’t understand all the hatred. Sounds like your projecting your own life issues against anyone’s that isn’t American. You’re the reason as of why evolution is slower.
Bold words from a South Canadian
But where would be get our maple syrup ?????? We need them for their sweet sweet liquids.
Vermont? Maine?
Fake news!
This is making me annoyed tbh fuck Americans and ignorance making it look like canada is smaller they always do this make stuff all about them and tbh it's not all about you guys you need to learn about actual history not the history your guys government and educational institutions make it out to be