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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
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Latest value · 2024
94.4%
+0.2 pp
since 2023
Countries · 2024
11 of 41
Place 1 is the highest value.
since 2014
+7.2 pp
vs World
+20.8 pp
World: 73.6% · 2025
Internet users, 1990 – 2024 percent · Canada · World
+7.2 pp since 2014
0%
25%
50%
75%
100%
1990
2000
2005
2010
2015
2025
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
| Year | Canada | Change | 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
2017 · Place 1 is the highest value.
| # | Territory | Internet users | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 40 | Congo - Brazzaville | 8.6% | |
| 39 | Sierra Leone | 9.3% | |
| 38 | Liberia | 16.3% | |
| 37 | India | 18.2% | |
| 36 | Bangladesh | 21.5% | |
| 35 | Honduras | 31.7% | |
| 34 | Indonesia | 32.3% | |
| 33 | Philippines | 41.6% | |
| 32 | Egypt | 45.0% | |
| 31 | Algeria | 47.7% | |
| 30 | Gabon | 51.6% | |
| 29 | Mexico | 53.0% | |
| 28 | China | 54.3% | |
| 27 | Ecuador | 55.8% | |
| 26 | Colombia | 62.3% | |
| 25 | Italy | 63.1% | |
| 24 | Bulgaria | 63.4% | |
| 23 | Romania | 63.7% | |
| 22 | Türkiye | 64.7% | |
| 21 | Brazil | 67.5% | |
| 20 | Greece | 69.9% | |
| 19 | Argentina | 74.3% | |
| 18 | Poland | 76.0% | |
| 17 | Russia | 76.0% | |
| 16 | Lithuania | 77.6% | |
| 15 | Lebanon | 78.2% | |
| 14 | Czechia | 78.7% | |
| 13 | France | 80.5% | |
| 12 | Chile | 82.3% | |
| 11 | Germany | 84.4% | |
| 10 | Spain | 84.6% | |
| 9 | United States | 87.3% | |
| 8 | Finland | 87.5% | |
| 7 | Hong Kong SAR China | 89.4% | |
| 6 | United Kingdom | 90.4% | |
| 5 | Canada | 92.7% | |
| 4 | Netherlands | 93.2% | |
| 3 | Saudi Arabia | 94.2% | |
| 2 | South Korea | 95.1% | |
| 1 | Norway | 96.4% |
Source: World Bank — World Development Indicators, 2017
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.
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