E-commerce: Household shopping on the Internet

Organization

Statistics Canada

Published

2003

Summary

Canadian households spent just over $2.4 billion shopping on the Internet, on everything from airplane tickets to books, according to the 2002 Household Internet Use Survey. This represents a 35% increase from $1.8 billion spent online in 2001, a growth rate that far exceeds the 4% increase in the number of households that accessed the Internet from any location in 2002.

An estimated 2.8 million Canadian households actively participated in e-commerce in 2002, up from 2.2 million in 2001. These households accessed the Internet from various locations, not just home. In total, they placed 16.6 million orders.

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Source: Consumer Policy Research Database