Ich habe die USA und Kanada in der Mercator-Projektion vertauscht und Sie können sehen, wie ähnlich sie sich flächenmäßig tatsächlich sind.

The US has more land area than Canada. Canada has so many lakes that its internal waters really increase its total size. That water will be quite valuable in the future I imagine so it’s not worthless.

Free Alaska

Now do it with populated areas of Canada. I live in Seattle and my boss lives in Ontario, I’m further north than her, and a huge percentage of Canadians live within a hundred miles of the border.