Chad Clark's Open Journal : 2007-10-31

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October 31, 2007 :
1) 1/3 of Canadians have not used the internet.  1/4 use it for education.

The canada.com article reads:

  An estimated 6.4 million learners adult or about 26 per cent of Canada's
  population adult logged onto the Internet during 2005 for the purpose of
  education, training or school work, StatsCan said in a report released
  today. Canada
  
  ...
  
  About a quarter of those who used the Internet for educational purposes
  went online to take distance education, self-directed learning and
  correspondence courses.
  
  ...
  
  An estimated 8.5 million adult Canadians, or 35 per cent, reported using
  the Internet for non-educational reasons. And one-third, or 7.9 million
  adult Canadians, reported never having used the Internet
  
  ...
  
  Information for the study came from the Canadian Internet Use Survey,
  conducted by StatsCan in November 2005.




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