This statistic presents the reach of various online activities among internet users in Canada in 2012, sorted by household income in Canadian dollars. In 2012, the statistic found that 74 percent of Canadian internet users with a household income of 85,000 Canadian dollars or higher searched for medical or health related information on the internet.
Reach of online activities among internet users in Canada in 2012, by household income
(in Canadian dollars)
Characteristic
Less than or equal to $30,000 Canadian dollars
$30,000 - $50,000 Canadian dollars
$50,000 - $87,000 Canadian dollars
$87,000 Canadian dollars or higher
E-mail
88.1%
90.5%
93.9%
95.9%
Use instant messenger
41.1%
39.5%
38.4%
40.2%
Visit or interact with government websites
56.3%
57.1%
63.3%
68.1%
Search for medical or health-related information
62.6%
60.9%
68.8%
70.4%
Formal education, training or school work
35.8%
31.5%
36.3%
40.4%
Travel information or making travel arrangements
48.3%
56.7%
67.4%
78.9%
Search for employment
43%
36.5%
36%
31.8%
Electronic banking
61.8%
64.1%
72.4%
80.7%
Research investments
15.5%
21.3%
25.5%
35%
Read or watch the news
64.1%
65.9%
71.3%
75.6%
Research community events
50.1%
50.7%
58.5%
64.8%
Window shop or browse for information on goods and services
65.5%
69%
79.1%
83.7%
Sell goods or services (through auction sites)
17.2%
18.6%
26.1%
26.4%
Use social networking sites
68.8%
65.7%
66.9%
67.1%
Contribute content or participate in discussion groups
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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