Research and Statistics

The Electronic Commerce Branch works in close collaboration with private sector partners, academic researchers and Statistics Canada, among others, to better understand the economic, business and social impact of the Internet Economy.

Networking, knowledge sharing and innovation are keys to success in the Internet Economy. The following provides information on research, statistics and links to this work.

National Statistics
Statistics on information communication technologies (ICT) adoption and use measure Canada's progress in becoming a fully integrated Internet Economy and its impact on Canadian companies, individuals and governments. This section includes Statistics Canada metrics and fast facts related to the Internet Economy.

International Statistics and Benchmarking
The globally integrated Internet Economy will continue to grow and in order to measure Canada's success, we must be able to benchmark our progress against the progress of other nations. This section includes statistics from international organizations, benchmarking studies and other countries' metrics.

Research and Links
As the Internet Economy is a complex ever changing, many organizations and governments conduct research to track developments, impacts and policy considerations both existing and emerging. This section provides research papers and Internet economy related links.