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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

2024 · Place 1 is the highest value.

#TerritoryInternet users
41 Congo - Kinshasa 19.7%
40 Sierra Leone 25.1%
39 Liberia 32.2%
38 Congo - Brazzaville 47.3%
37 Bangladesh 53.4%
36 Honduras 58.6%
35 India 64.9%
34 Philippines 67.3%
33 Gabon 68.7%
32 Indonesia 72.8%
31 Egypt 74.6%
30 Ecuador 77.2%
29 Algeria 77.4%
28 Colombia 79.3%
27 Lebanon 80.6%
26 Bulgaria 82.4%
25 Mexico 83.1%
24 Brazil 84.5%
23 Greece 86.3%
22 Türkiye 87.3%
21 Czechia 87.7%
20 Poland 88.6%
19 France 88.7%
18 Lithuania 89.2%
17 Italy 89.2%
16 Argentina 89.7%
15 Romania 91.3%
14 China 92.0%
13 Germany 93.5%
12 Finland 93.7%
11 Canada 94.4%
10 Russia 94.4%
9 United States 94.7%
8 United Kingdom 95.5%
7 Chile 95.6%
6 Hong Kong SAR China 95.8%
5 Spain 95.8%
4 Netherlands 97.0%
3 South Korea 97.9%
2 Norway 99.0%
1 Saudi Arabia 100.0%

Source: World Bank — World Development Indicators, 2024

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.