Most popular browsers in Canada 2023, by market share

As of 2023, Google Chrome was the most popular internet browser in Canada, controlling over half of the overall market with about 50 percent. The company's major competitor is Apple’s Safari browser which accounts for an additional 33 percent of the market share. The market’s distant third tier of competitors include Firefox, Edge and Samsung Internet, each of which account for between three and seven percent of the overall market.

Web broswers

Since its initial release in 2008, Google Chrome has become the most popular web browser in the world by a significant margin. While Safari is certainly a legitimate competitor in the U.S. market due to the massive popularity of Apple devices, Chrome’s worldwide market share is close to 64 percent, placing the product in a league of its own. In addition, Google browser products account for three of the top five most widely used browser versions in the world, with Chrome for Android, Chrome 91.0, and Chrome 90.0 all making the list.

Shift towards mobile

Smartphones have overtaken traditional desktop computers as the most popular way to access the internet in many parts of the world, and tech giants such as Samsung and Apple have used their smartphone hardware as a platform to encourage the use of their mobile web browsers. Each iPhone comes pre-loaded with Apple’s Safari set as its default internet browser, meaning that consumers have become increasingly comfortable with the platform without having to specifically seek it out themselves.