Reasons for shopping online from abroad in Canada 2022

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Koen van Gelder,
Dec 10, 2024
According to a July 2022 survey, Canadian online shoppers usually buy from e-retailers based abroad for three main reasons: the product's affordable price, the variety of items the merchant offers, and low shipping costs. Canadian digital shoppers buy most of their products overseas from the United States.

Leading reasons for cross-border e-commerce in Canada in 2022

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Release date

May 2023

Region

Canada

Survey time period

July 2022

Number of respondents

approx. 1,000 respondents

Special properties

online shoppers*

Method of interview

Online survey

Supplementary notes

* Buyers who have shopped online in the past year and bought from a brand or retailer based outside of their country.
To answer the question posed on the survey, respondents could choose up to three reasons. This statistic only shows the top-three reasons given by the highest percentage of respondents.

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