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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

2016 · Place 1 is the highest value.

#TerritoryInternet users
42 Sierra Leone 7.7%
41 Congo - Brazzaville 8.1%
40 Congo - Kinshasa 10.1%
39 Liberia 15.7%
38 India 16.5%
37 Bangladesh 16.9%
36 Yemen 24.6%
35 Indonesia 25.4%
34 Honduras 29.5%
33 Philippines 39.2%
32 Egypt 41.2%
31 Algeria 42.9%
30 Gabon 48.1%
29 China 53.2%
28 Ecuador 54.1%
27 Colombia 58.1%
26 Türkiye 58.3%
25 Romania 59.5%
24 Mexico 59.5%
23 Bulgaria 59.8%
22 Brazil 60.9%
21 Italy 61.3%
20 Greece 69.1%
19 Argentina 71.0%
18 Russia 73.1%
17 Poland 73.3%
16 Lithuania 74.4%
15 Saudi Arabia 74.9%
14 Lebanon 76.1%
13 Czechia 76.5%
12 France 79.3%
11 Spain 80.6%
10 Chile 83.6%
9 Germany 84.2%
8 United States 85.5%
7 Hong Kong SAR China 87.5%
6 Finland 87.7%
5 Netherlands 90.4%
4 Canada 91.2%
3 South Korea 92.8%
2 United Kingdom 94.8%
1 Norway 97.3%

Source: World Bank — World Development Indicators, 2016

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.