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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

2022 · Place 1 is the highest value.

#TerritoryInternet users
1 Saudi Arabia 100.0%
2 Norway 99.0%
3 South Korea 97.2%
4 Hong Kong SAR China 95.6%
5 United Kingdom 95.5%
6 Spain 94.5%
7 Canada 94.0%
8 Finland 93.0%
9 United States 92.7%
10 Netherlands 92.5%
11 Chile 92.3%
12 Germany 91.6%
13 Russia 90.4%
14 Argentina 88.4%
15 Lithuania 87.7%
16 Poland 86.9%
17 Romania 85.5%
18 France 85.3%
19 Italy 85.1%
20 Czechia 84.5%
21 Türkiye 83.4%
22 Greece 83.2%
23 Lebanon 81.5%
24 Brazil 80.5%
25 Bulgaria 79.1%
26 Mexico 78.6%
27 China 75.6%
28 Philippines 75.2%
29 Algeria 74.8%
30 Colombia 72.8%
31 Egypt 72.2%
32 Ecuador 69.7%
33 Gabon 67.7%
34 Indonesia 66.5%
35 Honduras 56.9%
36 India 55.9%
37 Bangladesh 41.6%
38 Congo - Brazzaville 41.0%
39 Liberia 30.4%
40 Sierra Leone 21.5%
41 Congo - Kinshasa 18.0%

Source: World Bank — World Development Indicators, 2022

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.