Canada: internet activity reach by gender 2012

This statistic presents the reach of various online activities among internet users in Canada in 2012, sorted by gender. During the reported period, 75.2 percent of male and 66.2 percent of female internet users read or watched news online.

Reach of online activities among internet users in Canada in 2012, by gender

Characteristic	Males	Females
E-mail	92.2%	93.9%
Use instant messenger	39.5%	39.7%
Visit or interact with government websites	65.6%	59.8%
Search for medical or health-related information	60.8%	72.6%
Formal education, training or school work	37%	36.2%
Travel information or making travel arrangements	67.3%	65.6%
Search for employment	36.3%	35%
Electronic banking	73.1%	70.9%
Research investments	33.7%	19.5%
Read or watch the news	75.2%	66.2%
Research community events	56.9%	58.7%
Window shop or browse for information on goods and services	79.1%	74.2%
Sell goods or services (through auction sites)	27.1%	19.6%
Use social networking sites	63.6%	70.3%
Contribute content or participate in discussion groups	27.4%	20.7%
Play online games	36.8%	33.1%
Obtain or save music (free or paid downloads)	52.6%	48.4%
Obtain or save software (free or paid downloads)	45%	31.5%
Listen to radio online	42.3%	34.2%
Download or watch television online	39.6%	38.4%
Download or watch movies or video clips online	58.6%	49.8%
Make telephone calls online	43.7%	43%

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Release date

October 2013

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Region

Canada

Survey time period

2012

Age group

16 years and older

Special properties

Internet users

Supplementary notes

Electronic banking: paying bills, viewing statements, transferring funds between accounts
Contribute content or participate in discussion groups: blogging, message boards, posting images
Percentage of all individuals aged 16 years old and over who responded to have used the Internet for personal non business use in the past twelve months from any location.
The 2010 and 2012 series of Canadian Internet use tables replace the terminated series of tables from 2005 to 2009. Adapted from Statistics Canada, Canadian Internet Use Survey 2012, 2012. This does not constitute an endorsement by Statistics Canada of this product.

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