Border Statistics
Boundary on Land: 5061 kilometres (3145 miles)
- Identified by a series of straight lines which intersect at boundary monuments
- 2172 kilometres through forest which requires clearing of a 6 metre vista, on a regular basis
- 5528 boundary monuments
- 5700 triangulation stations
- Shortest distance between two boundary monuments: 46 centimetres
Boundary on Water: 3830 kilometres (2380 miles)
- Identified by a series of straight lines which intersect at unmarked turning points
- 5723 Turning Points
- 2457 Reference Monuments
Length of Boundary by Province or Territory
- New Brunswick - 513 kilometres (318 miles)
- Quebec - 813 kilometres (505 miles)
- Ontario - 2760 kilometres (1715 miles)
- Manitoba - 497 kilometres (309 miles)
- Saskatchewan - 632 kilometres (393 miles)
- Alberta - 298 kilometres (185 miles)
- British Columbia - 2168 kilometres (1347 miles)
- Yukon - 1210 kilometres (752 miles)
Length of Boundary by State
- Maine - 983 kilometres (611 miles)
- New Hampshire - 93 kilometres (58 miles)
- Vermont - 145 kilometres (90 miles)
- New York - 716 kilometres (445 miles)
- Pennsylvania - 68 kilometres (42 miles)
- Ohio - 235 kilometres (146 miles)
- Michigan - 1160 kilometres (721 miles)
- Minnesota - 880 kilometres (547 miles)
- North Dakota - 499 kilometres (310 miles)
- Montana - 877 kilometres (545 miles)
- Idaho - 72 kilometres (45 miles)
- Washington - 687 kilometres (427 miles)
- Alaska - 2475 kilometres (1538 miles)
Length of Canada-United States Boundary from Atlantic to Pacific Oceans
- 6416 kilometres (2878 kilometres - land, 3538 kilometres - water)
- 3987 miles (4631 miles - land, 2199 miles - water)
Length of Canada-United States Boundary from Pacific to Arctic Oceans
- 2475 kilometres (2183 kilometres - land, 292 kilometres - water)
- 1538 miles (1357 miles - land, 182 miles - water)
SOURCE: International Boundary Commission.
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