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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

2021 · Place 1 is the highest value.

#TerritoryInternet users
41 Congo - Kinshasa 16.2%
40 Sierra Leone 18.7%
39 Liberia 26.4%
38 Congo - Brazzaville 30.0%
37 Bangladesh 38.9%
36 India 49.3%
35 Honduras 52.0%
34 Indonesia 62.1%
33 Gabon 65.8%
32 Philippines 66.9%
31 Ecuador 69.1%
30 Egypt 72.1%
29 Algeria 72.2%
28 Colombia 73.0%
27 China 73.1%
26 Italy 74.9%
25 Bulgaria 75.3%
24 Mexico 75.6%
23 Greece 78.5%
22 Brazil 80.7%
21 Türkiye 81.4%
20 Lebanon 82.7%
19 Czechia 82.7%
18 Romania 83.6%
17 Poland 85.4%
16 France 86.1%
15 Lithuania 86.9%
14 Argentina 87.2%
13 Russia 88.2%
12 Chile 90.2%
11 United States 91.3%
10 Germany 91.4%
9 Netherlands 92.1%
8 Finland 92.8%
7 Hong Kong SAR China 93.1%
6 Spain 93.9%
5 Canada 93.9%
4 United Kingdom 96.2%
3 South Korea 97.6%
2 Norway 99.0%
1 Saudi Arabia 100.0%

Source: World Bank — World Development Indicators, 2021

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.