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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

2019 · Place 1 is the highest value.

#TerritoryInternet users
1 Norway 98.0%
2 South Korea 96.2%
3 Saudi Arabia 95.7%
4 Netherlands 93.3%
5 United Kingdom 92.5%
6 Canada 91.9%
7 Hong Kong SAR China 91.7%
8 Spain 90.7%
9 Finland 89.6%
10 United States 89.4%
11 Germany 88.1%
12 Chile 85.0%
13 France 83.3%
14 Russia 82.6%
15 Lithuania 81.6%
16 Lebanon 81.5%
17 Czechia 80.9%
18 Poland 80.4%
19 Argentina 79.9%
20 Greece 75.7%
21 Türkiye 74.0%
22 Brazil 73.9%
23 Romania 73.7%
24 Mexico 69.6%
25 Bulgaria 67.9%
26 Italy 67.9%
27 Colombia 65.0%
28 China 64.1%
29 Gabon 59.5%
30 Ecuador 59.2%
31 Egypt 57.3%
32 Algeria 55.8%
33 Indonesia 47.7%
34 Philippines 43.0%
35 Honduras 39.4%
36 Bangladesh 30.4%
37 India 29.5%
38 Liberia 19.9%
39 Yemen 17.5%
40 Congo - Brazzaville 16.1%
41 Sierra Leone 15.7%
42 Congo - Kinshasa 13.0%

Source: World Bank — World Development Indicators, 2019

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.