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  • 1. Artificial intelligence adoption and productivity in Canadian firms
    Articles and reports: 36-28-0001202600400002
    Description: Artificial intelligence (AI) is widely recognized as a transformative technology with the potential to reshape business operations and drive productivity growth. Understanding the relationship between AI adoption and business performance is critical for shaping policies that foster innovation, technology diffusion and sustainable economic growth, especially given Canada’s persistent productivity challenges. This article summarizes key findings from the study “The Role of Complementary Capabilities in AI Adoption and Productivity: Firm-Level Evidence from Canada” by Li and Liu (2026), published in Canadian Public Policy. Using a novel firm-level database that links multiple waves of the Survey of Digital Technology and Internet Use (SDTIU) to administrative business microdata, the study examines factors influencing AI adoption among Canadian businesses and explores the relationship between AI adoption and firms’ labour productivity.
    Release date: 2026-04-22
  • 2. Who are the users of digital government services? Exploring the characteristics of Canadian individuals and businesses using digital government services
    Articles and reports: 22-20-00012026001
    Description: Government services are undergoing a digital transformation to modernize their delivery and provide individual Canadians and Canadian businesses with digital programs and services that are efficient, secure and user-centric. While measuring the availability of digital government services is often the focus of modernization efforts, the factors affecting demand for these services are also important to consider when evaluating their adoption rates. Using data from two technology use surveys, this article profiles individual and business users of digital government services and examines the barriers faced by current and potential users.
    Release date: 2026-04-08
  • 3. Internet access by type of Internet connection, industry, and size of enterprise
    Table: 22-10-0116-01
    Geography: Canada
    Frequency: Occasional
    Description:

    Percentage of enterprises using specific connection types to access the Internet by the North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) and size of enterprise.

    Release date: 2024-09-17
  • 4. Information and communication technologies used by industry and size of enterprises
    Table: 22-10-0117-01
    Geography: Canada
    Frequency: Occasional
    Description:

    Percentage of enterprises that use Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) by the North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) and size of enterprise. ICT consists of the hardware, software, networks and media for the collection, storage, processing, transmission and presentation of information (voice, data, text, images), as well as related services.

    Release date: 2024-09-17
  • 5. Reasons for not using the Internet by industry and size of enterprise
    Table: 22-10-0119-01
    Geography: Canada
    Frequency: Occasional
    Description:

    Percentage of enterprises that do not use the Internet for specific reasons by the North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) and size of enterprise.

    Release date: 2024-09-17
  • 6. Types of web presence by industry and size of enterprise
    Table: 22-10-0120-01
    Geography: Canada
    Frequency: Occasional
    Description:

    Percentage of enterprises with certain types of web presence by the North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) and size of enterprise. Web presence refers to Internet-based locations where information about a business can be found by external parties.

    Release date: 2024-09-17
  • 7. Reasons for not having a web presence by industry and size of enterprise
    Table: 22-10-0121-01
    Geography: Canada
    Frequency: Occasional
    Description:

    Percentage of enterprises that do not have a web presence for specific reasons by the North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) and size of enterprise.

    Release date: 2024-09-17
  • 8. Online interactions with the Canadian federal government by industry and size of enterprise
    Table: 22-10-0122-01
    Geography: Canada
    Frequency: Occasional
    Description:

    Percentage of enterprises performing specific activities over the Internet to interact with the Canadian federal government by the North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) and size of enterprise.

    Release date: 2024-09-17
  • 9. Online orders received and purchases made for goods and services, by industry and size of enterprise
    Table: 22-10-0123-01
    Geography: Canada
    Frequency: Occasional
    Description:

    Percentage of enterprises that receive orders or make sales of goods or services over the Internet, and percentage of enterprises that order goods or services over the Internet, by the North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) and size of enterprise.

    Release date: 2024-09-17
  • 10. Gross sales made over the Internet by industry and size of enterprise
    Table: 22-10-0124-01
    Geography: Canada
    Frequency: Occasional
    Description:

    Average gross sales made over the Internet and average percentage of total gross sales made over the Internet by the North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) and size of enterprise.

    Release date: 2024-09-17
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  • 1. Artificial intelligence adoption and productivity in Canadian firms
    Articles and reports: 36-28-0001202600400002
    Description: Artificial intelligence (AI) is widely recognized as a transformative technology with the potential to reshape business operations and drive productivity growth. Understanding the relationship between AI adoption and business performance is critical for shaping policies that foster innovation, technology diffusion and sustainable economic growth, especially given Canada’s persistent productivity challenges. This article summarizes key findings from the study “The Role of Complementary Capabilities in AI Adoption and Productivity: Firm-Level Evidence from Canada” by Li and Liu (2026), published in Canadian Public Policy. Using a novel firm-level database that links multiple waves of the Survey of Digital Technology and Internet Use (SDTIU) to administrative business microdata, the study examines factors influencing AI adoption among Canadian businesses and explores the relationship between AI adoption and firms’ labour productivity.
    Release date: 2026-04-22
  • 2. Who are the users of digital government services? Exploring the characteristics of Canadian individuals and businesses using digital government services
    Articles and reports: 22-20-00012026001
    Description: Government services are undergoing a digital transformation to modernize their delivery and provide individual Canadians and Canadian businesses with digital programs and services that are efficient, secure and user-centric. While measuring the availability of digital government services is often the focus of modernization efforts, the factors affecting demand for these services are also important to consider when evaluating their adoption rates. Using data from two technology use surveys, this article profiles individual and business users of digital government services and examines the barriers faced by current and potential users.
    Release date: 2026-04-08
  • 3. International Women's Day 2023 Archived
    Stats in brief: 89-28-0001202200100004
    Description: International Women’s Day (IWD), March 8, 2023, is an opportunity to highlight the status of progress made towards achieving gender equality, as well as celebrate women’s and girls’ social, economic, cultural, and political contributions and achievements. Using data from a number of Statistics Canada publications, this article highlights diverse groups of women’s access to and use of the Internet, as well as their representation in certain fields of study and occupations related to digital technologies.
    Release date: 2023-03-08
  • 4. Digital technology and Internet use 2021 Archived
    Stats in brief: 11-001-X2022256803
    Description: Release published in The Daily – Statistics Canada’s official release bulletin
    Release date: 2022-09-13
  • 5. Infographic: Digital Technology and Internet Use, 2013 Archived
    Stats in brief: 11-627-M2014001
    Description: This infographic describes some results for the Digital Technology and Internet Use survey of 2013. It measures the use and adoption of various digital technologies, including the Internet. The survey focuses on the use of information and communications technologies, including personal computers, mobile devices, and the Internet, using a sample of Canadian enterprises in the private sector. The survey also provides indicators of e-commerce and website use.
    Release date: 2014-11-19
  • 6. Examining barriers to business e-commerce Archived
    Articles and reports: 88-003-X20070019625
    Geography: Canada
    Description:

    In 2005, only 6% of Canadian firms sold goods online. Even though 43% of firms made purchases online, it appears that the majority of firms are still having difficulties adapting their business to the online environment or are simply choosing not to do so. In order for Canadian electronic commerce to continue its growth, it is important to identify the barriers and explore what firm characteristics, such as size and sector, may influence these barriers.

    Release date: 2007-05-10
  • 7. Canadian firms connect with government on-line Archived
    Articles and reports: 88-003-X20060039535
    Geography: Canada
    Description:

    Over the past six years, the Government of Canada has worked toward providing services online for corporations, clients and citizens alike. By 2005, the initiative had resulted in 130 of the most commonly used services being available online to complement more traditional means of delivery. This article provides highlights from Statistics Canada's 2005 Survey of Electronic Commerce and Technology (SECT) which investigated federal and provincial government online services.

    Release date: 2006-12-06
  • 8. Our Lives in Digital Times Archived
    Articles and reports: 56F0004M2006014
    Geography: Canada
    Description:

    This paper uses statistical information to begin to shed light on the outcomes and impacts of information and communications technology (ICT). Some of the expected outcomes associated with ICT are presented, while factual evidence is used to demonstrate that these outcomes have so far not materialized. The paperless office is the office that never happened, with consumption of paper at an all-time high and the business of transporting paper thriving. Professional travel has most likely increased during a period when the Internet and videoconferencing technology were taking-off; and, e-commerce sales do not justify recent fears of negative consequences on retail employment and real estate. The paper further demonstrates that some of the key outcomes of ICTs are manifested in changing behavioural patterns, including communication and spending patterns.

    Release date: 2006-11-10
  • 9. Pockets of Canadian organizations look to open-source solutions Archived
    Articles and reports: 88-003-X20060029241
    Geography: Canada
    Description:

    For the first time in 2005, the Survey of Electronic Commerce and Technology (SECT) collected information on the use and development of open-source software. The use of open-source software is a movement that has attracted significant momentum in recent years as public organizations, private firms and governments alike have explored possible benefits.

    Release date: 2006-06-27
  • 10. How Business-to-business Sales Dominate E-commerce Archived
    Articles and reports: 11-621-M2005033
    Geography: Canada
    Description:

    In 2004, e-commerce sales were $26.5 billion for private firms in Canada. The paper focuses on the strength of business-to-business sales that accounted for 75% of this total. In particular, the trends in three sectors - wholesale trade, manufacturing and retail trade - are examined. Data from the Survey of Electronic Commerce and Technology is used in the analysis.

    Release date: 2005-11-16
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