☎️ Ring, Ring, Canada! I can't pick up the phone right now. But you definitely can because these stats show that the average Canadian will spend 70.46 days per year on mobile apps, or 14.46 years of their life, if they use mobile devices for 75 years.
Over the years, Canadians have increasingly spent more time on their mobile phones, marking a dramatic shift from the era of landlines.
TORONTO, ON / ACCESSWIRE / April 23, 2024 / On April 25th, we celebrate National Telephone Day to commemorate the importance of the telephone invention made by Scottish-Canadian scientist Alexander Graham Bell and his contemporaries. In the 148 years since that first telephone call on March 7th, 1876, the way Canadians communicate has changed drastically. Musically, cult classics such as "Hello" by Adele, "Call Me Maybe" by Carly Rae Jepson, "Ring Ring" by Abba, "I Just Called to Say I Love You" by Stevie Wonder, "Video Phone" by Beyonce, and "Telephone" by Lady Gaga all celebrate the phone, and as the data demonstrates, Canadians also have a slight obsession with these mobile devices.
75% of Canadians are active on social media sites, yet 1.6 million Canadians own a Cell Phone without Smartphone Capabilities.
Through secondary data collection, it was found that Canadians are more connected than ever, with 96.22% of Canadians connected to the internet via mobile devices in 2024.
Results
Traditional landline telephone use in Canada steadily declined by almost 16% between 2017 and 2021 (StatCan).
As of 2022, 84% of Canadians own a smartphone, while an additional 4% own a cell phone that is not a smartphone (Pew).
However, Canadian adults across all demographics have continued to purchase smartphones in the last nine years (Pew).
The 18-19 age range increased from 94% to 98%
The 30-49 age range increased from 82% to 95%
The 50+ age range most notably increased from 46% to 72%
