This timeline shows the leading e-commerce retailers in Canada in 2016, ranked by sales value. In 2016, eBay ranked third, with e-commerce sales reaching *** billion Canadian dollars, while Amazon's online sales amounted to *** billion Canadian dollars that year.

Retail Trade, e-commerce sales, Canada, by industries based on North American Industry Classification System (NAICS), monthly.

Credit cards increasingly lost market share as Canada's most popular online payment method, as digital wallets gained *****percentage points in 2024. Nevertheless, credit cards were still the most used digital payment in the country that year. The source adds that Canadians' preference for credit also showed itself in buy now, pay later. BNPL gained roughly ****percent market share within the country's overall e-commerce spending between 2020 and 2022.

This statistic shows the share of consumers who agree with online grocery shopping convenience in Canada in 2016, by gender. During the survey, ** percent of female respondents agreed that online grocery shopping is a time saver.

The statistic shows the share of online shoppers in Canada who plan to buy holiday gifts online from Canadian retailers as of October 2016, by gender. During the survey period, it was found that ** percent of responding female Canadian online shoppers preferred buying holiday gifts from domestic retailers rather than international ones.

This statistic illustrates the online sources used by consumers most frequently when making food purchasing decisions in Canada in 2016. Some 60 percent of respondents stated that they used recipe websites when making food purchasing decisions.

This statistic presents the projected holiday season mobile sales revenue share in Canada as of October 2016. During the survey period, it was estimated that smartphone holiday season sales in the country were going to account for 18 percent of online seasonal sales revenues.

This statistic shows the share of online purchases made in Canada as of March 2016, broken down by age group. In the measured period, both Millennials and Gen Xers accounted for ** percent of online purchases made in the country.

The Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (the Commission) annually collects financial and subscription information on Internet services. In addition, information on the availability of broadband Internet services is collected in partnership with Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada (ISED). Also, the Commission conducts research into the data requirements of certain Internet-based audio and video applications. This data is mostly broken into three groups: - Incumbent TSPs. Examples of incumbent TSPs include Bell, SaskTel and TELUS. They also include small incumbent TSPs such as Sogetel and Execulink. - Cable-based carriers. Examples of cable-based carriers include Rogers, Shaw, and Videotron. - Other service providers. The “Other service providers” category may be further divided into “other carriers,” such as Xplornet and Allstream Business, and “resellers,” such as Distributel and TekSavvy. This may also be referred to as resellers, utility telcos and other carriers. Utility telcos are providers of telecommunications services whose market entry, or whose corporate group’s market entry, into telecommunications services was preceded by a group-member company’s operations in the electricity, gas, or other utility business. Broadband service availability is calculated using information provided by ISPs. For 2014 to 2016, locations were considered to be serviced if their dissemination block representative point fell within an area of broadband service coverage. As of 2016, ISED pseudohouseholds are used, along with 2016 census demography. Broadband service availability data may not take into account capacity issues or issues regarding line of sight. The information in this section does not take into account upload speeds unless noted. Pseudohouseholds are points representing the population in an area. These points are placed along roadways within each area, and the population of the area, determined by Statistics Canada, is distributed among these points. Additional data regarding addresses and the position of dwellings is used to guide this distribution. The use of pseudohouseholds aims to improve the accuracy of the availability indicators over the use of the assumption that the population within an area is located at the centre of the area. Unless otherwise noted, broadband service availability figures exclude wireless mobile technology and satellite. “Satellite access services” in this section refer to direct-to-home (DTH) satellite, and not to the technology used to connect communities to the Internet (e.g. satellite link transport). With regard to the Commission’s research into data requirements, the CRTC used a test environment that aims to replicate how a typical consumer would utilize online streaming and real-time communications services. The services were accessed by a typical wireline residential broadband service, and a national LTE cellular data network, using mainstream off-the-shelf consumer electronics: Android- and iOS-based tablets and phones, smart TVs, Windows-based laptop and desktop computers, and various set-top streaming devices. A web browser was used to access the streaming services on the PCs, and official applications (apps) were used on the other devices.

The graph shows the data pertaining to consumer use of retail websites in Canada in 2016, sorted by category. According to the findings, ** percent of Canadian consumers had made a purchase from online electronics retailers, compared with ** percent purchasing from apparel websites. Consumer awareness of retail websites was high, with ** percent of consumers reporting to being aware of home improvement retail sites and ** percent reporting an awareness of online apparel retailers.

The Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (hereafter, the Commission) annually collects financial and subscription information on Internet services. In addition, information on the availability of broadband Internet services is collected in partnership with Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada (ISED). Also, the Commission conducts research into the data requirements of certain Internet-based audio and video applications. This report presents financial and subscription information over 5 year period from 2013 to 2017. This data is mostly broken into three groups: Incumbent TSPs. Examples of incumbent TSPs include Bell, SaskTel and TELUS. They also include small incumbent TSPs such as Sogetel and Execulink. Cable-based carriers. Examples of cable-based carriers include Rogers, Shaw, and Videotron. Other service providers. The “ Other service providers” category may be further divided into “ other carriers,” such as Xplornet and Allstream Business, and “ resellers,” such as Distributel and TekSavvy. This may also be referred to as resellers, utility telcos and other carriers. Utility telcos are providers of telecommunications services whose market entry, or whose corporate group’ s market entry, into telecommunications services was preceded by a group-member company’ s operations in the electricity, gas, or other utility business. Broadband service availability is calculated using information provided by ISPs. For 2013 to 2015, locations were considered to be serviced if their dissemination block representative point fell within an area of broadband service coverage. As of 2016, ISED pseudohouseholds are used, along with 2016 census demography. Broadband service availability data may not take into account capacity issues or issues regarding line of sight. The information in this section does not take into account upload speeds unless noted. Pseudohouseholds are points representing the population in an area. These points are placed along roadways within each area, and the population of the area, determined by Statistics Canada, is distributed among these points. Additional data regarding addresses and the position of dwellings is used to guide this distribution. The use of pseudohouseholds aims to improve the accuracy of the availability indicators over the use of the assumption that the population within an area is located at the centre of the area. Unless otherwise noted, broadband service availability figures exclude wireless mobile technology and satellite. “ Satellite access services” in this section refer to direct-to-home (DTH) satellite, and not to the technology used to connect communities to the Internet (e.g. satellite link transport). With regard to the Commission’ s research into data requirements, the CRTC used a test environment that aims to replicate how a typical consumer would utilize online streaming and real-time communications services. The services were accessed by a typical wireline residential broadband service, and a national LTE cellular data network, using mainstream off-the-shelf consumer electronics: Android- and iOS-based tablets and phones, smart TVs, Windows-based laptop and desktop computers, and various set-top streaming devices. A web browser was used to access the streaming services on the PCs, and official applications (apps) were used on the other devices.

In 2024, retail e-commerce in Canada was forecast to generate over **** billion U.S. dollars in revenues. According to estimates, this figure is projected to increase to *** billion U.S. dollars by 2029. Successful e-commerce segments in Canada Canada's booming e-commerce sector owes more than half of its retail sales to two particularly lucrative segments: fashion and electronics, which captured ** and ** percent of all e-commerce retail sales in Canada in 2022, respectively. With nearly ** billion U.S. dollars in e-commerce net sales, Amazon was the leading online store in Canada in 2021, outperforming competitors like Walmart and Costco by an impressive margin. Ranking second, walmart.ca generated around **** billion U.S. dollars in e-commerce net sales that year. Fashion leads the way Fashion proved to be a successful e-commerce segment in many countries around the world, and Canada was no exception, as the most popular online stores in the fashion segment raked in millions of dollars in e-commerce net sales, led by gapcanada.ca with *** million U.S. dollars in 2021. Like many other countries in the world, Canada's fashion e-commerce sector was also disrupted by a Chinese newcomer that catapulted itself to the centerstage of the fast fashion world: Shein was the most downloaded fashion and beauty shopping app in Canada in June 2022, with its ******* monthly downloads overshadowing those of competitors. In comparison, long-established fast fashion titan Zara only amassed ****** downloads that same month.

This statistic shows the changes to cross-border shopping made by consumers in response to the falling value of the dollar in Canada as of January 2016, by region. During the survey, ** percent of Canadian respondents in Ontario said they would cut out cross border shopping entirely, while ** percent said the falling Canadian dollar would not impact their plans.

The statistic shows the leading reasons why online shoppers in Canada would consider shopping via buy buttons and social media sponsored links as of October 2016. During the survey period, ** percent of responding Canadian online shoppers said they would decide to make on online purchase via buy button if the brand was offering a discount or a promotion.

In 2024, digital advertising spending in Canada will amount to an estimated ***** billion Canadian dollars, up from ***** billion dollars a year earlier. That represents a 10-percent annual growth in Canada's online ad spending. The figure was forecast to continue to expand, exceeding **** billion dollars by 2028. Digital advertising in Canada - additional informationOn a global scale, digital advertising expenditures are calculated to reach *** billion U.S. dollars in 2015, and grow by another ** billion by the end of 2016. On the Canadian market, 2015 is expected to end with ad spend reaching **** billion Canadian dollars, while 2018 predictions see it close with **** billion Canadian dollars worth of advertising expenses. Additionally, sources expect digital to account for **** percent of total advertising spending in 2015. Looking at format breakdown of ad expenditures in the country, search held the largest share - approximately **** million Canadian dollars was devoted to this format in 2015; another big chunk of the budgets belonged to traditional display – **** million.According to the majority of marketers in Canada, the future of the industry is digital. When asked to identify the devices important for advertising, ** percent indicated the computer, ** pointed to the mobile phone and ** believed it was the tablet, on par with the TV. However, desktop advertising might be at risk owing to the growing popularity of adblocking. In mid 2015, among Canadian desktop site visitors aged between 18 and 24 years, **** percent recorded an instance of ad blocker use.All in all, 40 percent of consumers younger than 35 years declare to perceive online advertising as trustworthy. This share is slightly higher among older generations. The least trusting toward digital ads are consumers aged 65 and older. Main reasons why they deem online ads as not worthy of their trust is because they perceive them as false, manipulative, leading to phishing and malware attacks and because the internet is unmonitored as such.

Apple Pay use in the United States was higher than in France or Canada by early 2024, although not when it came to in-store payments. When comparing two questions from Statista's Consumer Insights, ** out of 100 respondents from France indicated they had used Apple Pay in a store or restaurant - with an additional ** out of 100 saying they used Apple Pay during this same time for online payments. The market share of Apple Pay on websites was also higher in the United States, Canada, and Japan than in Europe. How many Apple Pay users are there per country? Apple rarely shares information on Apple Pay. Its financials place it under the company's Services segment - combining it with figures on the Apple App Store or Apple TV. Local banks that offer Apple Pay are contractually not allowed to share user numbers or transaction counts. Domestic surveys - which are often only done locally and cannot be compared against those of other countries - tend to ask whether consumers use Apple Pay but rarely ask for specific transaction figures. The last available estimate on global Apple Pay users is that over *** million people activated the service on their iPhones. Roughly *** out of 10 Apple Pay users are from the United States. Online versus offline Apple Pay is frequently associated with proximity mobile payments - paying with mobile devices in physical stores using NFC or contactless technology. China is the country with the highest adoption of such tap-to-pay transactions. This technology was noticeably popular in Asia-Pacific, more so than in North America or Europe. The situation was different when looking at Apple Pay acceptance in e-commerce: English-speaking countries - especially the United States - tend to already accept Apple Pay in 2022.

Instagram’s most popular post

              As of April 2024, the most popular post on Instagram was Lionel Messi and his teammates after winning the 2022 FIFA World Cup with Argentina, posted by the account @leomessi. Messi's post, which racked up over 61 million likes within a day, knocked off the reigning post, which was 'Photo of an Egg'. Originally posted in January 2021, 'Photo of an Egg' surpassed the world’s most popular Instagram post at that time, which was a photo by Kylie Jenner’s daughter totaling 18 million likes.
              After several cryptic posts published by the account, World Record Egg revealed itself to be a part of a mental health campaign aimed at the pressures of social media use.

              Instagram’s most popular accounts

              As of April 2024, the official Instagram account @instagram had the most followers of any account on the platform, with 672 million followers. Portuguese footballer Cristiano Ronaldo (@cristiano) was the most followed individual with 628 million followers, while Selena Gomez (@selenagomez) was the most followed woman on the platform with 429 million. Additionally, Inter Miami CF striker Lionel Messi (@leomessi) had a total of 502 million. Celebrities such as The Rock, Kylie Jenner, and Ariana Grande all had over 380 million followers each.

              Instagram influencers

              In the United States, the leading content category of Instagram influencers was lifestyle, with 15.25 percent of influencers creating lifestyle content in 2021. Music ranked in second place with 10.96 percent, followed by family with 8.24 percent. Having a large audience can be very lucrative: Instagram influencers in the United States, Canada and the United Kingdom with over 90,000 followers made around 1,221 US dollars per post.

              Instagram around the globe

              Instagram’s worldwide popularity continues to grow, and India is the leading country in terms of number of users, with over 362.9 million users as of January 2024. The United States had 169.65 million Instagram users and Brazil had 134.6 million users. The social media platform was also very popular in Indonesia and Turkey, with 100.9 and 57.1, respectively. As of January 2024, Instagram was the fourth most popular social network in the world, behind Facebook, YouTube and WhatsApp.

Walmart International had a total of 403 stores throughout Canada as of October 31, 2024, whereas in Mexico, the company had 3,066 stores. Walmart, formerly known as Wal-Mart Stores, Inc., is one of the most well-known and valuable brands in the world. Walmart began in the United States as a single discount store, whose model was to sell more for less. Nowadays, Walmart has discount stores, supercenters, and neighborhood markets around the world. The multinational company has developed into the largest retailer in the world. Powerhouse of retail in both domestic and international markets Walmart deals in a wide variety of products, such as groceries, apparel, furniture, home appliances, and electronics. The company operates through three distinct business segments: Walmart U.S., Walmart International, and Sam’s Club. Walmart’s strongest segment, in terms of revenue, is Walmart U.S., which operates retail stores in the company’s domestic market of the United States. This segment also includes Walmart’s U.S. eCommerce website: walmart.com. The company’s Walmart International and Sam’s Club business divisions operate globally generating revenue through retail, wholesale, membership club, and online product sales. As of fiscal year 2024, around one sixth of Walmart’s net sales came from the company’s Walmart International division.

PetSmart, formerly known as PetFood Warehouse, is an American retail chain that focuses on the sale of pet products as well as services, such as grooming and training. With revenue numbers reaching about ten billion U.S. dollars during the fiscal year of 2024, PetSmart was one of the leading pet retailers in the United States. Revenue streams PetSmart brings in revenue from brick-and-mortar stores across the U.S., as well as in Canada and Puerto Rico. The company also offers their customers the option to shop online and have products delivered directly to their doors. Despite these options, however, the majority of people still purchase all of their pet food and supplies in-store rather than online. That being said, with the evolution of the e-commerce market in the U.S., it is likely that more consumers will turn to online channels for pet purchases in the future. The competitive landscape The pet store industry continues to grow despite increased competition from supermarkets and mass merchandisers, which offer shoppers more convenience at lower prices. When it comes to competition within the pet retailer market, PETCO Animal Supplies Inc is PetSmart’s major rival. PETCO have over to 1,550 stores across North America, and their revenue has reached around three billion U.S. dollars in recent years.

With 438 billion U.S. dollars in net sales, the United States were Amazon’s biggest market in 2024. Germany was ranked second with 41 billion U.S. dollars, ahead of the UK with 37.9 billion U.S. dollars. Biggest internet company Founded in 1994, Amazon has grown into one of the biggest e-commerce marketplaces and cloud computing platforms worldwide. In 2020, Amazon was ranked first in terms of company revenue among global publicly traded internet companies. With an annual revenue of approximately 386 billion U.S. dollars, the e-retailer ranked far ahead of closest competitors Google (181.7 billion U.S. dollars) and Alibaba (109.5 billion U.S. dollars). Amazon shopping Amazon is the leading e-retailer in the United States. In September 2021, 65 percent of Amazon customers in the United States held a membership with the company’s subscription service Amazon Prime, benefitting from free 2-day shipping, music and video streaming and exclusive offers and deals. Amazon Prime members are very engaged shoppers: a June 2021 survey found that over four in ten of them were likely to shop not just during Prime days, but also during other retail events, with 56 percent of them showing interest for Cyber Monday.