Canadians Are Heavy Users

Last night, or was it the other night?, Wookiee and I were talking about how difficult it has become for us to live without the internet being readily available on demand. The internet has evolved from an avenue to occasionally check your e-mail to a powerful and versatile jack of all trades. In fact, the internet is so much a part of my daily life that I find it difficult to explain how much it permeates everything. There are so many different applications that every individual's interaction with it produces a personalized adaptation of usage. Today I read this article on CBC.ca about Canadians' internet usage. Besides usage numbers, the study was also interested in internet integration into people's lives and the implication on society. Post-research Canadians have been labeled heavy users of the technology, which I've always suspected but never read hard evidence of. The last stat they listed was; "A majority (52 per cent) of Canadian internet users had made purchases online. That's the highest found in any of the worldwide surveys." I guess the question to ask next is how many other surveys they did in what countries, but I'm still impressed.