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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

2023 · Place 1 is the highest value.

#TerritoryInternet users
41 Congo - Kinshasa 19.0%
40 Sierra Leone 23.7%
39 Liberia 31.2%
38 Congo - Brazzaville 43.2%
37 Bangladesh 44.5%
36 Honduras 58.1%
35 India 60.3%
34 Gabon 68.2%
33 Indonesia 69.2%
32 Ecuador 72.7%
31 Egypt 74.0%
30 Algeria 76.2%
29 Colombia 77.3%
28 Philippines 77.9%
27 Bulgaria 80.4%
26 Mexico 81.2%
25 Lebanon 81.7%
24 Brazil 84.2%
23 Greece 85.0%
22 Türkiye 86.0%
21 Czechia 86.0%
20 Poland 86.4%
19 France 86.8%
18 Italy 87.0%
17 Lithuania 88.5%
16 Romania 89.2%
15 Argentina 89.2%
14 China 90.6%
13 Russia 92.2%
12 Germany 92.5%
11 Finland 93.5%
10 United States 93.5%
9 Canada 94.1%
8 Chile 94.5%
7 Spain 95.4%
6 United Kingdom 95.4%
5 Hong Kong SAR China 96.0%
4 Netherlands 97.0%
3 South Korea 97.4%
2 Norway 99.0%
1 Saudi Arabia 100.0%

Source: World Bank — World Development Indicators, 2023

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.