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Canadian internet and smartphone users are also consuming more data than ever before while prices for such services have declined despite high overall inflation, according to government data.
The Pew findings rank Canada’s internet use ahead of countries like the United States, UK, France, Germany, Italy, and Japan and is an increase of 27 percentage points from the 68 per cent of adult Canadians who reported using the internet in Pew Research Center’s 2002 survey.
“The study also shows that smartphone ownership in Canada is similar to levels seen in other surveyed countries, with 98 per cent of surveyed Canadians between the ages of 18-29 and 95 per cent of those aged 30-49 owning a smartphone. As with other surveyed countries, the rate of smartphone ownership among Canadians aged 50 or more is lower than in younger age groups, with 72 per cent of those in the 50-plus age group reporting smartphone ownership. This difference in smartphone ownership between age groups is an indication that there are factors other than cost that influence smartphone adoption, such as degree of digital literacy or lack of interest,” said the report.
“Not only are more Canadians using the internet and owning smartphones, recent data from the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC) and Statistics Canada (StatCan) show that individual subscriber’s consumption of internet and mobile data, and the speeds experienced using such services, have increased dramatically, while prices for internet and mobile wireless services have declined.
“What these reports show is that Canada is among the world leaders in the adoption and use of the internet and smartphones,” said Canadian Wireless Telecommunications Association (CWTA) President and CEO Robert Ghiz. “And while the consumption and performance of connectivity services continues to grow, prices are trending downward, while most everything else that is critical to Canadians is getting more expensive. These positive outcomes, together with the billions being invested each year by network operators to expand and enhance Canada’s digital infrastructure, are strong evidence of the benefits of facilities-based competition and the need for a stable regulatory environment that will allow these positive trends to continue.”
You can read Pew Research Center’s study here.
(Mario Toneguzzi is Managing Editor of Canada’s Podcast. He has more than 40 years of experience as a daily newspaper writer, columnist, and editor. He worked for 35 years at the Calgary Herald, covering sports, crime, politics, health, faith, city and breaking news, and business. He works as well as a freelance writer for several national publications and as a consultant in communications and media relations/training. Mario was named in 2021 as one of the Top 10 Business Journalists in the World by PR News – the only Canadian to make the list)
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