The bar chart delineates the proportion of businesses engaged in e-commerce purchases in five sectors in Canada from 2015 to 2019.
Overall, it is clear that there were various results in e-commerce adoption among the sectors, with the information and communications industry consistently holding the highest engagement, while both construction and wholesale sectors experienced a steady upward trend over the period.
It is evident that the information and communications industry consistently made up the highest proportion of businesses engaging in e-commerce, starting at around 60% and rising to approximately 80% in 2019, with a little dip in between. The manufacturing sector witnessed fluctuating shares, starting at around 32% in 2015 and reaching approximately 40% in 2019. Moreover, the retail industry initially experienced a steady growth, rising to just above 60%, and then decreased to around 50% by 2019.
Conversely, the construction sector showed the smallest proportion, although it rose gradually from about 20% in 2015 to nearly 30% in 2019. Similarly, the wholesale industry climbed steadily, starting at around 40% in 2015 and reaching just about 60% in 2019.