What are Canadians Doing Online?

Stats Canada published the following information on May 10 2010 with regard to how Canadians use the Internet at home.

Interesting that a popular use, Travel Planning, remained at the same level as two years prior, while the use for health & medical research; watching TV & Video online increased significantly as did contributing to social media activities (blogs etc.). Internet telephony increased - a trend worth watching.

The largest relative increase (2007 - 2009) in Internet usage was in Newfoundland and Labrador and New Brunswick respectively (both up by 15%).

Online activities of home Internet users

	2007	2009
	%
E-mail	92	93
General browsing for fun or leisure	76	78
Obtain weather or road conditions	70	75
Research other matters (family history, parenting)	70	73
Search for medical or health related information	59	70
View news or sports	64	68
Electronic banking or bill payment	63	67
Travel information or making travel arrangements	66	66
Window shopping	60	65
Search for information about governments	51	57
Education, training or school work	50	50
Research community events	44	50
Order personal goods or services	45	50
Obtain or save music (free or paid downloads)	45	47
Use an instant messenger	50	45
Play games	39	42
Obtain or save software (free or paid downloads)	33	35
Job search	32	35
Listen to the radio over the Internet	28	32
Download or watch TV or a movie over the Internet	20	31
Research investments	25	27
Communicate with governments	26	27
Contribute content (blogs, photos, discussion groups)	20	27
Make telephone calls	9	14
Sell goods or services (auction sites)	9	13