Where Do 40 Million Canadians Actually Live?

Jakub Blady
We all know Canada is huge. But when you render its population as 3D spikes rising from the surface, the answer becomes visceral. Almost everyone lives in a narrow strip hugging the US border. I built this map using R and rayshader . Each spike represents population density in a given hexagonal cell. Taller and darker = more people. What Stands Out The Golden Horseshoe (Toronto area) towers over everything. Nearly 1 in 4 Canadians lives here. Montreal dominates Quebec as a clear second peak. Van