The 2000 survey results indicate that home access is once again highest in British Columbia and in Ontario and significantly lower in Quebec, New Brunswick and in Newfoundland. As for the different types of non-users, the cost-effect is strongest in British Columbia (mentioned by 43 per cent, compared with 38 per cent overall) and lowest in Newfoundland (24 per cent).

In Quebec, where the level of home access is among the lowest in the country, there is very little divergence from the overall mean for the main reasons why respondents do not have Internet access from home. Compared with other Canadians, they are slightly more likely to indicate that a lack of interest is the main reason why they do not have Internet access from home (36 per cent, compared with 30 per cent overall). Respondents from Quebec are among the least likely to say that the reason they do not have Internet access from home is because they do not need it (only 24 per cent of non-users, compared with 32 per cent nationally).