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The Canadian Internet Use Survey (CIUS) measures household access to the Internet and individual online behaviours including electronic commerce.

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  • 1. Internet access locations by age group and family income quartile
    Table: 22-10-0144-01
    Geography: Canada
    Frequency: Occasional
    Description: Percentage of Canadians' locations of Internet access for personal use, during the past three months.
    Release date: 2023-11-02
  • 2. Canadian Internet Use Survey (Household Component) - Public Use Microdata File
    Public use microdata: 56M0004X
    Description: The Canadian Internet Use Survey (CIUS) was redesigned in 2010 to better measure the type and speed of household Internet connections. It is a hybrid survey that measures both household Internet access and the individual online behaviours of a selected household member. It replaces the previous CIUS, a biennial survey conducted in 2005, 2007 and 2009. As the new survey has two distinct components - household and individual - with revised and streamlined questions, it is not appropriate to directly compare results from these two surveys in most cases.

    The Household Component of the CIUS includes a short series of questions on the type of Internet connections and devices used by households to access the Internet from home, as well as availability of high speed service, and a standard module on household income. The questions may be answered by any knowledgeable member of the household. This content is supplemented by selected household characteristics and some geographic detail (i.e. province and region).

    Release date: 2023-09-14
  • 3. Canadian Internet Use Survey (Individual Component) - Public Use Microdata File
    Public use microdata: 56M0005X
    Description: The Canadian Internet Use Survey (CIUS) was redesigned in 2010 to better measure the type and speed of household Internet connections. It is a hybrid survey that measures both household Internet access and the individual online behaviours of a selected household member. It replaces the previous CIUS, a biennial survey conducted in 2005, 2007 and 2009. As the new survey has two distinct components - household and individual - with revised and streamlined questions, it is not appropriate to directly compare results from these two surveys in most cases.

    The Individual Component is administered in a similar fashion to the individual-level surveys conducted in prior years. Following the Household Component, an individual aged 16 years and older is randomly selected and asked about their use of the Internet, and online activities including electronic commerce. While the Household Component covers Internet access at home, the Individual Component covers uses of the Internet from any location. This content is supplemented by individual and household characteristics (e.g. age, household income, family type) and some geographical detail (e.g. province and region).

    Release date: 2023-09-14
  • 4. Canadian Internet Use Survey 2022
    Stats in brief: 11-001-X20232014208
    Description: Release published in The Daily – Statistics Canada’s official release bulletin
    Release date: 2023-07-20
  • 5. Online safety in Canada, 2022
    Stats in brief: 11-627-M2023045
    Description: The 2022 Canadian Internet Use Survey (CIUS) measures the impact of digital technologies on the lives of Canadians, including how individuals access and use the Internet, their intensity of use, demand for certain online activities, and interactions online as well as the changes in use of digital technologies over time.

    This infographic presents Canadians’ experiences online when it comes to safety. It includes topics on trust in selected technologies, cyber incidents, and measures taken to protect personal data and devices while online.
    Release date: 2023-07-20
  • 6. Access to the Internet at home by geography
    Table: 22-10-0134-01
    Geography: Canada, Province or territory
    Frequency: Occasional
    Description: Percentage of Canadians who have access to the Internet at home.
    Release date: 2023-07-20
  • 7. Internet use by province and age group
    Table: 22-10-0135-01
    Geography: Canada, Province or territory
    Frequency: Occasional
    Description: Percentage of Canadians' personal use of the Internet, during the past three months.
    Release date: 2023-07-20
  • 8. Intensity of use of Internet, video streaming services and video gaming services by gender, age group and highest certificate, diploma or degree completed
    Table: 22-10-0136-01
    Geography: Canada
    Frequency: Occasional
    Description: Percentage of Canadians' time spent online and using video streaming services and video gaming services, in a typical week.
    Release date: 2023-07-20
  • 9. Selected online activities by gender, age group and highest certificate, diploma or degree completed
    Table: 22-10-0137-01
    Geography: Canada
    Frequency: Occasional
    Description: Percentage of Canadians' use of selected online activities, during the past three months.
    Release date: 2023-07-20
  • 10. Internet security and privacy related incidents experienced over the Internet by age group
    Table: 22-10-0140-01
    Geography: Canada
    Frequency: Occasional
    Description:

    Percentage of Canadians who have experienced an Internet security and/or privacy incident during the past 12 months, by type of incident.

    Release date: 2023-07-20
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  • 1. Internet access locations by age group and family income quartile
    Table: 22-10-0144-01
    Geography: Canada
    Frequency: Occasional
    Description: Percentage of Canadians' locations of Internet access for personal use, during the past three months.
    Release date: 2023-11-02
  • 2. Canadian Internet Use Survey (Household Component) - Public Use Microdata File
    Public use microdata: 56M0004X
    Description: The Canadian Internet Use Survey (CIUS) was redesigned in 2010 to better measure the type and speed of household Internet connections. It is a hybrid survey that measures both household Internet access and the individual online behaviours of a selected household member. It replaces the previous CIUS, a biennial survey conducted in 2005, 2007 and 2009. As the new survey has two distinct components - household and individual - with revised and streamlined questions, it is not appropriate to directly compare results from these two surveys in most cases.

    The Household Component of the CIUS includes a short series of questions on the type of Internet connections and devices used by households to access the Internet from home, as well as availability of high speed service, and a standard module on household income. The questions may be answered by any knowledgeable member of the household. This content is supplemented by selected household characteristics and some geographic detail (i.e. province and region).

    Release date: 2023-09-14
  • 3. Canadian Internet Use Survey (Individual Component) - Public Use Microdata File
    Public use microdata: 56M0005X
    Description: The Canadian Internet Use Survey (CIUS) was redesigned in 2010 to better measure the type and speed of household Internet connections. It is a hybrid survey that measures both household Internet access and the individual online behaviours of a selected household member. It replaces the previous CIUS, a biennial survey conducted in 2005, 2007 and 2009. As the new survey has two distinct components - household and individual - with revised and streamlined questions, it is not appropriate to directly compare results from these two surveys in most cases.

    The Individual Component is administered in a similar fashion to the individual-level surveys conducted in prior years. Following the Household Component, an individual aged 16 years and older is randomly selected and asked about their use of the Internet, and online activities including electronic commerce. While the Household Component covers Internet access at home, the Individual Component covers uses of the Internet from any location. This content is supplemented by individual and household characteristics (e.g. age, household income, family type) and some geographical detail (e.g. province and region).

    Release date: 2023-09-14
  • 4. Access to the Internet at home by geography
    Table: 22-10-0134-01
    Geography: Canada, Province or territory
    Frequency: Occasional
    Description: Percentage of Canadians who have access to the Internet at home.
    Release date: 2023-07-20
  • 5. Internet use by province and age group
    Table: 22-10-0135-01
    Geography: Canada, Province or territory
    Frequency: Occasional
    Description: Percentage of Canadians' personal use of the Internet, during the past three months.
    Release date: 2023-07-20
  • 6. Intensity of use of Internet, video streaming services and video gaming services by gender, age group and highest certificate, diploma or degree completed
    Table: 22-10-0136-01
    Geography: Canada
    Frequency: Occasional
    Description: Percentage of Canadians' time spent online and using video streaming services and video gaming services, in a typical week.
    Release date: 2023-07-20
  • 7. Selected online activities by gender, age group and highest certificate, diploma or degree completed
    Table: 22-10-0137-01
    Geography: Canada
    Frequency: Occasional
    Description: Percentage of Canadians' use of selected online activities, during the past three months.
    Release date: 2023-07-20
  • 8. Internet security and privacy related incidents experienced over the Internet by age group
    Table: 22-10-0140-01
    Geography: Canada
    Frequency: Occasional
    Description:

    Percentage of Canadians who have experienced an Internet security and/or privacy incident during the past 12 months, by type of incident.

    Release date: 2023-07-20
  • 9. Canadian Internet Use Survey - Public Use Microdata File
    Public use microdata: 56M0003X
    Description:

    The public use microdata file (PUMF) from the Canadian Internet Use Survey (CIUS) provides data on the adoption and use of digital technologies and the online behaviors of individuals 15 years of age and older living in the ten provinces of Canada.

    The survey is built off the previous iteration of the CIUS, last conducted in 2012. While there is some comparability with the 2012 CIUS, the 2018 survey was redesigned in 2018 to reflect the rapid pace at which Internet technology has evolved since the previous survey iteration.

    The files include information on how individuals use the Internet, smartphones, and social networking websites and apps, including their intensity of use, demand for certain online activities, and interactions through these technologies.

    It also provides information on the use of online government services, digital skills, online work, and security, privacy and trust as it relates to the Internet.

    Release date: 2022-08-04
  • 10. Household access to the Internet at home, by household income quartile and geography, inactive Archived
    Table: 22-10-0007-01
    Geography: Canada, Province or territory
    Frequency: Occasional
    Description:

    Canadian Internet use survey, household access to the Internet at home, by household income quartile for Canada and provinces from 2010 and 2012.

    Release date: 2021-10-29
Analysis (54)

Analysis (54) (0 to 10 of 54 results)

  • 1. Canadian Internet Use Survey 2022
    Stats in brief: 11-001-X20232014208
    Description: Release published in The Daily – Statistics Canada’s official release bulletin
    Release date: 2023-07-20
  • 2. Online safety in Canada, 2022
    Stats in brief: 11-627-M2023045
    Description: The 2022 Canadian Internet Use Survey (CIUS) measures the impact of digital technologies on the lives of Canadians, including how individuals access and use the Internet, their intensity of use, demand for certain online activities, and interactions online as well as the changes in use of digital technologies over time.

    This infographic presents Canadians’ experiences online when it comes to safety. It includes topics on trust in selected technologies, cyber incidents, and measures taken to protect personal data and devices while online.
    Release date: 2023-07-20
  • 3. International Women's Day 2023
    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. Online harms faced by youth and young adults: The prevalence and nature of cybervictimization
    Articles and reports: 75-006-X202300100003
    Description: Using multiple surveys, this article examines cyberbullying and cybervictimization among Canadian youth and young adults aged 12 to 29. With rates of online and social media use being high among young people, there is an increased risk of online forms of bullying and victimization. This paper examines the prevalence of cyberbullying and cybervictimization among young people, with a focus on identifying the at-risk populations, behaviours related to prevalence, such as internet and smart phone usage, and the association of online victimization with other forms of victimization, such as fraud and assault.
    Release date: 2023-02-21
  • 5. Study: Online harms faced by youth and young adults: The prevalence and nature of cybervictimization
    Stats in brief: 11-001-X202305231525
    Description: Release published in The Daily – Statistics Canada’s official release bulletin
    Release date: 2023-02-21
  • 6. Study: Internet-Use Typology of Canadians: Online Activities and Digital Skills Archived
    Stats in brief: 11-001-X202131332264
    Description: Release published in The Daily – Statistics Canada’s official release bulletin
    Release date: 2021-11-09
  • 7. Canadians online in 2020 Archived
    Stats in brief: 11-627-M2021049
    Description:

    The 2020 Canadian Internet Use Survey (CIUS) measures the impact of digital technologies on the lives of Canadians, including how individuals access and use the Internet, their intensity of use, demand for certain online activities, and interactions online as well as the changes in use of digital tech as a result of COVID-19. This infographic examines Canadians use of the Internet and digital technologies as well as certain online activities done for the first time during COVID-19.

    Release date: 2021-09-07
  • 8. Internet use and COVID-19: How the pandemic increased the amount of time Canadians spend online Archived
    Stats in brief: 45-28-0001202100100027
    Description:

    The COVID-19 pandemic has significantly impacted the behaviours of Canadians, particularly regarding their online activities. Using data from the 2020 Canadian Internet Use Survey, this article examines several Internet-related activities Canadians have done more often during the pandemic.

    Release date: 2021-06-24
  • 9. Online shopping in Canada in 2020: Results from Canadian Internet Use Survey Archived
    Stats in brief: 11-627-M2021048
    Description:

    The 2020 Canadian Internet Use Survey (CIUS) measures the impact of digital technologies on the lives of Canadians, including how individuals access and use the Internet, their intensity of use, demand for certain online activities such as e-commerce and barriers to shopping online. This infographic examines what Canadians have reported about their online spending behaviours.

    Release date: 2021-06-22
  • 10. Study: Canadians’ assessments of social media in their lives Archived
    Stats in brief: 11-001-X202108329523
    Description: Release published in The Daily – Statistics Canada’s official release bulletin
    Release date: 2021-03-24
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Reference (1) ((1 result))

  • 1. Internet Use in Canada Archived
    Surveys and statistical programs – Documentation: 56F0003X
    Description:

    This electronic product is a comprehensive reference tool that contains an inventory of surveys, conducted by Statistics Canada, used to measure household/individual Internet use. Product features include survey names; descriptions (including information such as objective of survey, sample size, frequency, target group and response rate); user guides; charts and graphs. Also included is an extremely useful Questionnaire Comparability Chart that displays common content among questionnaires. This is a useful source of background information for respondents, researchers and those involved in survey development and questionnaire design.

    Release date: 2004-09-23
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