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Internet users in Canada

1990 – 2024 · 35 data points 11 of 41 · Countries Updated Oct 21, 2026

Source: World Bank — World Development Indicators, 1990 – 2024

Internet users, 1990 – 2024 percent · Canada · World
+7.2 pp since 2014
Canada World

Source: World Bank — World Development Indicators, 1990 – 2024

Compared with Internet users · percent
Canada
94.4%
World
73.6% · 2025

Source: World Bank — World Development Indicators

The series at a glance Canada · 1990 – 2024
Latest value 94.4% · 2024
First value 0.4% · 1990
Highest 94.6% · 2018
Lowest 0.4% · 1990
Data points 35

By year

All years · 1990 – 2024

YearCanadaChange World
2024 94.4% +0.2 pp 71.2%
2023 94.1% +0.1 pp 69.2%
2022 94.0% +0.1 pp 67.0%
2021 93.9% +1.6 pp 63.8%
2020 92.3% +0.4 pp 60.1%
2019 91.9% −2.7 pp 53.9%
2018 94.6% +1.9 pp 49.4%
2017 92.7% +1.5 pp 46.3%
2016 91.2% +1.2 pp 43.6%
2015 90.0% +2.9 pp 39.9%
2014 87.1% +1.3 pp 37.4%
2013 85.8% +2.8 pp 35.3%
2012 83.0% ±0.0 pp 33.3%
2011 83.0% +2.7 pp 30.9%
2010 80.3% ±0.0 pp 28.4%
2009 80.3% +3.6 pp 25.3%
2008 76.7% +3.5 pp 22.8%
2007 73.2% +0.8 pp 20.2%
2006 72.4% +0.7 pp 17.2%
2005 71.7% +5.7 pp 15.6%
2004 66.0% +1.8 pp —
2003 64.2% +2.6 pp —
2002 61.6% +1.4 pp —
2001 60.2% +8.9 pp —
2000 51.3% +15.1 pp —
1999 36.2% +11.3 pp —
1998 24.9% +9.8 pp —
1997 15.1% +8.3 pp —
1996 6.8% +2.6 pp —
1995 4.2% +1.8 pp —
1994 2.4% +1.2 pp —
1993 1.2% +0.3 pp —
1992 0.9% +0.3 pp —
1991 0.6% +0.2 pp —
1990 0.4% —

Source: World Bank — World Development Indicators, 1990 – 2024

Ranking · Countries

2015 · Place 1 is the highest value.

#TerritoryInternet users
1 Norway 96.8%
2 United Kingdom 92.0%
3 Netherlands 91.7%
4 Canada 90.0%
5 South Korea 89.9%
6 Germany 87.6%
7 Finland 86.4%
8 Hong Kong SAR China 84.9%
9 Spain 78.7%
10 France 78.0%
11 Chile 76.6%
12 Czechia 75.7%
13 United States 74.6%
14 Lebanon 74.0%
15 Lithuania 71.4%
16 Russia 70.1%
17 Saudi Arabia 69.6%
18 Argentina 68.0%
19 Poland 68.0%
20 Greece 66.8%
21 Brazil 58.3%
22 Italy 58.1%
23 Mexico 57.4%
24 Bulgaria 56.7%
25 Colombia 55.9%
26 Romania 55.8%
27 Türkiye 53.7%
28 China 50.3%
29 Ecuador 48.9%
30 Gabon 45.8%
31 Algeria 38.2%
32 Egypt 37.8%
33 Philippines 36.9%
34 Honduras 27.1%
35 Yemen 24.1%
36 Indonesia 22.1%
37 India 14.9%
38 Bangladesh 12.4%
39 Liberia 10.0%
40 Congo - Brazzaville 7.6%
41 Sierra Leone 6.3%
42 Congo - Kinshasa 3.8%

Source: World Bank — World Development Indicators, 2015

What it means

The share of people who used the internet in the last three months.

How it is calculated

Internet users of any age and device divided by the population, from surveys and estimates.