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Quebec vs Alaska
Alaska, barely. It measures 1,518,878 km² against Quebec’s 1,502,752 km², a gap of 16,126 km². Nunavut is the one that actually wins: 2,053,236 km², larger than either.
Nunavut is about a third bigger than Alaska, and about 95 per cent the size of Greenland (2,154,786 km²). The photo finish is the American-Canadian one. The largest shape on the board is the territory people skip.
Quebec and Nunavut, with Alaska moved over eastern Canada, on Equal Earth. Alaska and Quebec nearly coincide. Nunavut does not. Open this scene on the full map.
Areas are the shapes drawn on Map Real Size, measured on the sphere. Official land-area tables differ where they include inland water, a different coastline, or a disputed border. Nunavut beats both.