p2pnet.net News:- Six-in-ten Canadians 55 years of age or older go online, “a significant jump from the 48% found at this time last year”.

The findings come in a new Ipsos-Reid Canadian Interactive Reid Report which says although it’s taken a while for the older generations to adopt the Net, it appears they’ve finally accepted it, “as a means to communicate, entertain, and educate”.

High Speed access amongst older Canadians is also on the rise.

“Almost two-thirds (64%) of those 55 years of age and older with Internet access have high-speed Internet access,” says Ipsos-Reid. “Not only are older Canadians going online, they are going online with better technology than before.”

They’re also spending more time online than in the past.

The mean number of hours spent online per week is 9.6 hours, a jump from the 6.8 figure reported at this time last year, the study says, continuing that although they still trail Canadians under 55 years of age (12.5 hours per week), the gap is closing.

“At this time last year, the gap was 5.7 fewer hours per week online, whereas now it stands at just 2.9 hours per week.”

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