Canadians love the Net
Posted: Mon Aug 21, 2006 8:00 pm
The 2005 Canadian Internet Use Survey, released last week by Statistics Canada, suggests that the approach has generally served us well with the data demonstrating that a significant percentage of Canadians now regularly use the Internet for an increasingly diverse range of activities.
The survey found that nearly 17 million Canadians - 68 percent of the adult population - used the Internet for personal non-business reasons last year. Moreover, almost two-thirds of Canadian adults who accessed the Internet from home did so daily. This represents a remarkable shift with ten million Canadians reserving some of their at home leisure time for the Internet.
Once online, more than half of Canadian Internet users use the network for email (the highest ranked activity with 92 percent indicating that they used email), web browsing, viewing news and sports, electronic banking and bill payment, as well as accessing information on weather, travel, health, and government services. Moreover, over 40 percent of Internet users indicated that they engaged in e-commerce, education, and community events.
While 68 percent of Canadians used the Internet in 2005, there is a noticeable difference between urban and rural populations. Ottawa and Calgary had the highest Internet use of the Canadian cities at 77 percent (Toronto was just behind at 75 percent), a significant gap from the 58 percent usage in rural and small town communities.
The likely explanation for the 19 percent differential is the lack of high-speed Internet access in rural communities. Given the increasing dependence on the Internet for access to government, health, financial, and education services, access to high-speed Internet services should be regarded as a necessity, not a luxury.
Canadians remain fearful of the security and privacy risks associated with the Internet as almost three-quarters of survey respondents indicated that they were either concerned or very concerned about security and privacy.
Fifty-seven percent of Internet users engaged in "online window shopping" in 2005, yet only 43 percent actually ordered personal goods or services. This suggests that many Canadians use the Internet to research potential purchases, but remain reluctant to provide credit card data or other personal information to complete the transaction.
Source: p2pnet.
I just reported the Statistics parts in my post , you can read the whole article at the above link.
I thought it was interesting , I posted it here cos there are some Canadians who are CMX members.
The survey found that nearly 17 million Canadians - 68 percent of the adult population - used the Internet for personal non-business reasons last year. Moreover, almost two-thirds of Canadian adults who accessed the Internet from home did so daily. This represents a remarkable shift with ten million Canadians reserving some of their at home leisure time for the Internet.
Once online, more than half of Canadian Internet users use the network for email (the highest ranked activity with 92 percent indicating that they used email), web browsing, viewing news and sports, electronic banking and bill payment, as well as accessing information on weather, travel, health, and government services. Moreover, over 40 percent of Internet users indicated that they engaged in e-commerce, education, and community events.
While 68 percent of Canadians used the Internet in 2005, there is a noticeable difference between urban and rural populations. Ottawa and Calgary had the highest Internet use of the Canadian cities at 77 percent (Toronto was just behind at 75 percent), a significant gap from the 58 percent usage in rural and small town communities.
The likely explanation for the 19 percent differential is the lack of high-speed Internet access in rural communities. Given the increasing dependence on the Internet for access to government, health, financial, and education services, access to high-speed Internet services should be regarded as a necessity, not a luxury.
Canadians remain fearful of the security and privacy risks associated with the Internet as almost three-quarters of survey respondents indicated that they were either concerned or very concerned about security and privacy.
Fifty-seven percent of Internet users engaged in "online window shopping" in 2005, yet only 43 percent actually ordered personal goods or services. This suggests that many Canadians use the Internet to research potential purchases, but remain reluctant to provide credit card data or other personal information to complete the transaction.
Source: p2pnet.
I just reported the Statistics parts in my post , you can read the whole article at the above link.
I thought it was interesting , I posted it here cos there are some Canadians who are CMX members.
wtg Canadians!! 