The Digital Divide

Author

George Sciadas

Organization

Statistics Canada

Published

2002

Summary

Canada's digital divide - the gap in the rate of Internet use between lower-income and upper-income families - appears to be shrinking slowly, according to a new study.

However, most of the improvement is occurring in middle-income and upper-middle income groups. The gap in Internet use persists between people with the lowest incomes and those with the highest.

Internet use from home took another big jump in 2001, but the rate of growth eased off, according to the Household Internet Use Survey.

There is also an urban-rural digital divide, as well as gaps based on level of education, family type and age.

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Source: Consumer Policy Research Database