This pie chart represents the proportions of six types of electronic devices used for watching TV by Canadians in 2009 and 2019.
Overall, conventional TV was the most popular gadget among Canadians for watching TV at the beginning, whereas tablets were the least popular ones. Notably, the figures for tablets, flat-screen TVs, and mobile phones increased, while those of other gadgets decreased.
According to the chart, conventional TV accounted for slightly more than one third of the total, while laptops ranked second with one fifth in 2009. The third and fourth ranked categories were desktop computers and mobile phones, with 18% and 15% respectively. When compared to other devices, mobile phones and tablets displayed the smallest portions of 8% and 5% respectively.
In comparison to 2009, there were discrepancies in the ranking of device usage for watching TV in 2019. While the most used gadgets became flat-screen TVs and mobile phones, both accounted for just over one fourth. Compared to the figure for tablets in 2009, it increased by 14% to 19%. The proportions of desktop computers and laptops showed a downward trend, with both falling to 12% in 2019. The contrast between the figures for 2009 and a decade later is notable, with a difference of 30 percentage points.
