Some 19.2 million Canadians aged 16 and more went online in 2007: StatsCan

OTTAWA – More Canadians are going online, with 73%, or 19.2 million aged 16 or older going online for personal reasons in 2007, according to the Canadian Internet Use Survey released last week by Statistics Canada. The figure is up from 68% in 2005 when the survey was last conducted. The 2007 survey included young people, aged 16 and 17, for the first time, and they accounted for almost 1% of the 5% increase in Internet use between 2005 and 2007. The survey also showed that people living in urban areas continued to be more likely to have used the...