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Notes: 2005 data include individuals aged 18 to 74 and 2007 data include individuals aged 16 to 74. The inclusion of individuals aged 16 and 17 accounted for almost one percentage point of the overall five percentage point increase in Canada over the 2005 to 2007 period.
Urban is defined as Statistics Canada’s census metropolitan areas (CMA) and census agglomerations (CA). Rural and small town is defined as Canadians living outside CMAs and CAs.
Data sources: Statistics Canada, Canadian Internet Use Survey, 2005 and 2007.
Chart source: Statistics Canada, Innovation Analysis Bulletin, 2009, Catalogue no. 88-003-X, vol. 11, no. 1.