Table 11: Region and level of access
| REGION |
Internet |
Main reasons why no Internet
access
from home |
In past
3 months |
At home |
Cost |
Interest |
Need |
| 1999 |
| BC |
56% |
44% |
32% |
51% |
17% |
| AB |
56% |
42% |
39% |
29% |
32% |
| SK |
47% |
30% |
52% |
24% |
24% |
| MB |
52% |
38% |
41% |
35% |
24% |
| ON |
56% |
46% |
44% |
28% |
28% |
| QC |
40% |
29% |
42% |
36% |
22% |
| NB |
40% |
35% |
43% |
30% |
26% |
| NS/PEI |
49% |
33% |
46% |
27% |
27% |
| NF |
51% |
40% |
50% |
42% |
8% |
| Total |
51% |
40% |
42% |
33% |
25% |
| 2000 |
| BC |
66% |
57% |
43% |
21% |
36% |
| AB |
62% |
49% |
38% |
26% |
37% |
| SK |
57% |
48% |
40% |
27% |
33% |
| MB |
53% |
44% |
38% |
25% |
37% |
| ON |
65% |
59% |
34% |
30% |
36% |
| QC |
51% |
42% |
40% |
36% |
24% |
| NB |
53% |
43% |
40% |
27% |
33% |
| NS/PEI |
58% |
46% |
35% |
32% |
33% |
| NF |
48% |
41% |
24% |
36% |
39% |
| Total |
60% |
51% |
38% |
30% |
32% |
| 2001 |
| BC |
75% |
63% |
31% |
34% |
35% |
| AB |
73% |
63% |
45% |
32% |
22% |
| SK |
66% |
54% |
22% |
40% |
32% |
| MB |
69% |
52% |
43% |
30% |
27% |
| ON |
73% |
64% |
21% |
35% |
44% |
| QC |
59% |
50% |
28% |
50% |
22% |
| NB |
62% |
49% |
20% |
20% |
60% |
| NS/PEI |
66% |
54% |
31% |
46% |
23% |
| NF |
52% |
45% |
28% |
51% |
21% |
| Total |
68% |
59% |
28% |
40% |
31% |
Percentages may not equal 100 per cent due to rounding
In Quebec, where the level of home access
is among the lowest in the country, there is very little divergence from
the overall mean in the main reasons why respondents do not have Internet
access from home. Compared to other Canadians, they are more likely to
indicate that a lack of interest is the main reason why they do not have
Internet access from home (50 per cent, compared to 40 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 22 per cent of non-users, compared to 31 per cent nationally).
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