Canadians varied in their engagement with news about Bill C-18, although young women were the least engaged with the subject. A total of 37 percent of women aged 18 to 34 years old said that they had not heard anything about Bill C-18, almost three times the share of men in that age group who said the same. The most engaged group were indeed men aged 18 to 34 years, with a quarter following the topic in the news and discussing it with people they knew.
Level of engagement with news about Bill C-18 (Online News Act) and the response from Google and Meta in Canada as of June 2023, by gender and age group
Characteristic
Men 18-34
Men 35-54
Men 55+
Women 18-34
Women 35-54
Women 55+
Following it in the news and discussing it with friends and family
25%
23%
24%
11%
20%
17%
Seeing some media coverage and having the occasional conversation about it
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Angus Reid Institute. (July 10, 2023). Level of engagement with news about Bill C-18 (Online News Act) and the response from Google and Meta in Canada as of June 2023, by gender and age group [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved December 22, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/1419668/online-news-act-canada-news-engagement-by-demographic/
Angus Reid Institute. "Level of engagement with news about Bill C-18 (Online News Act) and the response from Google and Meta in Canada as of June 2023, by gender and age group." Chart. July 10, 2023. Statista. Accessed December 22, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1419668/online-news-act-canada-news-engagement-by-demographic/
Angus Reid Institute. (2023). Level of engagement with news about Bill C-18 (Online News Act) and the response from Google and Meta in Canada as of June 2023, by gender and age group. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: December 22, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1419668/online-news-act-canada-news-engagement-by-demographic/
Angus Reid Institute. "Level of Engagement with News about Bill C-18 (Online News Act) and The Response from Google and Meta in Canada as of June 2023, by Gender and Age Group." Statista, Statista Inc., 10 Jul 2023, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1419668/online-news-act-canada-news-engagement-by-demographic/
Angus Reid Institute, Level of engagement with news about Bill C-18 (Online News Act) and the response from Google and Meta in Canada as of June 2023, by gender and age group Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1419668/online-news-act-canada-news-engagement-by-demographic/ (last visited December 22, 2024)
Level of engagement with news about Bill C-18 (Online News Act) and the response from Google and Meta in Canada as of June 2023, by gender and age group [Graph], Angus Reid Institute, July 10, 2023. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/1419668/online-news-act-canada-news-engagement-by-demographic/
