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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

2018 · Place 1 is the highest value.

#TerritoryInternet users
1 Norway 96.5%
2 South Korea 96.0%
3 Canada 94.6%
4 Saudi Arabia 93.3%
5 Netherlands 91.9%
6 United Kingdom 90.7%
7 Hong Kong SAR China 90.5%
8 Finland 88.9%
9 United States 88.5%
10 Germany 87.0%
11 Spain 86.1%
12 Chile 84.9%
13 France 82.0%
14 Lebanon 80.9%
15 Russia 80.9%
16 Czechia 80.7%
17 Lithuania 79.7%
18 Argentina 77.7%
19 Poland 77.5%
20 Italy 74.4%
21 Greece 72.2%
22 Türkiye 71.0%
23 Romania 70.7%
24 Brazil 70.4%
25 China 65.4%
26 Bulgaria 64.8%
27 Colombia 64.1%
28 Ecuador 57.5%
29 Mexico 56.7%
30 Gabon 55.4%
31 Algeria 49.0%
32 Egypt 46.9%
33 Philippines 44.1%
34 Indonesia 39.9%
35 Honduras 36.0%
36 Bangladesh 25.6%
37 India 20.1%
38 Liberia 17.3%
39 Sierra Leone 14.4%
40 Congo - Brazzaville 11.8%
41 Congo - Kinshasa 11.7%

Source: World Bank — World Development Indicators, 2018

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.