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Online activities of home Internet users — Caution is required comparing these results with those from 2005, when the survey was restricted to persons aged 18 years and older. In 2007, respondents aged 16 and 17 accounted for almost an entire percentage point of the overall increase in Internet use since 2005. They also affect estimates of online behaviours.
2005
2007
%
E-mail
91
92
General browsing for fun or leisure
..
76
General browsing
84
..
Research other matters (family history, parenting)
Percent of Canadians using the Internet — Caution is required comparing these results with those from 2005, when the survey was restricted to persons aged 18 years and older. In 2007, respondents aged 16 and 17 accounted for almost an entire percentage point of the overall increase in Internet use since 2005. They also affect estimates of online behaviours.