Table 1
Intensity and scope of use by online experience, home Internet users1 aged 18 and older, Canada, 2005 and 2007

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Intensity and scope of use by online experience, home Internet users aged 18 and older, Canada, 2005 and 2007
User characteristic 5 or more years experience All users
2005† 2007 2005† 2007
Online daily 72.7 75.3 * 65.3 68.5 **
Online for 5 or more hours per week 53.9 55.1 46.5 48.6 *
High intensity 49.9 51.4 42.2 44.6 *
High speed 83.1 89.5 ** 80.1 87.6 **
High speed high intensity 44.7 48.5 ** 37.0 41.6 **
High speed low intensity 38.3 40.8 * 43.0 45.7 **
High scope 57.0 61.2 ** 46.6 52.2 **
High scope high intensity 37.2 39.9 * 29.2 33.0 **
Reference group
*
Difference from reference group is statistically significant at the 95% confidence level (p < 0.05)
**
Difference from reference group is statistically significant at the 99% confidence level (p < 0.01)
1.
Includes individuals who used the Internet from home in the 12 months preceding the survey and who had a home Internet connection at the time of the survey.
Source(s):
Statistics Canada, Canadian Internet Use Survey, 2005 and 2007.