The diagram illustrates how Canadian citizens, both males and females, utilized the internet in 2000.
Overall, it is evident that the rate of female internet users was lower than that of males in almost all categories, although the differences were slight. The exceptions were online shopping and email, where the opposite was true. In terms of internet usage reasons, email ranked highest among the categories, while research and education ranked the lowest.
Email activities and the purchasing of goods and services were the most common online activities, with men accounting for 70% of users in both categories. Although women had a higher percentage of email users, with 70%, their percentage for goods and services was lower than that of men, at 60%. In the gaming sector, male gamers outnumbered female gamers, comprising approximately 63% of total users.
Regarding the other categories, there was a notable gap in online shopping between male and female users. Almost 40% of male users browsed shop-related websites, while female users accounted for less than 30%. In contrast, the gap in chat platform usage was less significant, with a difference of nearly 3%, as males were more prevalent. Finally, the proportions were least significant in the research and education category, with 10% of male users and about 7% of female users.