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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

2014 · Place 1 is the highest value.

#TerritoryInternet users
42 Congo - Kinshasa 3.0%
41 Liberia 5.4%
40 Sierra Leone 6.1%
39 Congo - Brazzaville 7.1%
38 Bangladesh 9.1%
37 India 13.5%
36 Indonesia 17.1%
35 Yemen 22.5%
34 Honduras 23.0%
33 Algeria 29.5%
32 Egypt 33.9%
31 Philippines 34.7%
30 Gabon 38.1%
29 Mexico 44.4%
28 Ecuador 45.6%
27 China 47.9%
26 Türkiye 51.0%
25 Colombia 52.6%
24 Romania 54.1%
23 Brazil 54.6%
22 Bulgaria 55.5%
21 Italy 55.6%
20 Chile 61.1%
19 Greece 63.2%
18 Argentina 64.7%
17 Saudi Arabia 64.7%
16 Poland 66.6%
15 Russia 70.5%
14 Lithuania 72.1%
13 United States 73.0%
12 Lebanon 73.0%
11 Czechia 74.2%
10 Spain 76.2%
9 Hong Kong SAR China 79.9%
8 France 83.8%
7 Germany 86.2%
6 Finland 86.5%
5 Canada 87.1%
4 South Korea 87.6%
3 United Kingdom 91.6%
2 Netherlands 91.7%
1 Norway 96.3%

Source: World Bank — World Development Indicators, 2014

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.