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  "status": "CURRENT_VERIFIED_HISTORY",
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    "code": "IT.NET.USER.ZS",
    "name": "Individuals using the Internet (% of population)",
    "unit": "% of population",
    "definition": "Individuals who have used the Internet from any location in the last 3 months."
  },
  "entity": {
    "type": "country",
    "code": "CAN",
    "name": "Canada",
    "region": {
      "code": "NAC",
      "name": "North America"
    }
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    "latestYear": 2024
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      "year": 1990,
      "value": 0.361
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    {
      "year": 1991,
      "value": 0.57
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    {
      "year": 1992,
      "value": 0.916
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    {
      "year": 1993,
      "value": 1.18
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    {
      "year": 1994,
      "value": 2.38
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    {
      "year": 1995,
      "value": 4.16
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    {
      "year": 1996,
      "value": 6.76
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    {
      "year": 1997,
      "value": 15.1
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    {
      "year": 1998,
      "value": 24.9
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    {
      "year": 1999,
      "value": 36.2
    },
    {
      "year": 2000,
      "value": 51.3
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    {
      "year": 2001,
      "value": 60.2
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    {
      "year": 2002,
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    {
      "year": 2003,
      "value": 64.2
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    {
      "year": 2004,
      "value": 65.9559634648989
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    {
      "year": 2005,
      "value": 71.66
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    {
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      "value": 72.40000153
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    {
      "year": 2007,
      "value": 73.2
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    {
      "year": 2008,
      "value": 76.69999695
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    {
      "year": 2009,
      "value": 80.3
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    {
      "year": 2010,
      "value": 80.3
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    {
      "year": 2011,
      "value": 83
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    {
      "year": 2012,
      "value": 83
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    {
      "year": 2013,
      "value": 85.80000305
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    {
      "year": 2014,
      "value": 87.12000275
    },
    {
      "year": 2015,
      "value": 90
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    {
      "year": 2016,
      "value": 91.16000366
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    {
      "year": 2017,
      "value": 92.70140076
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    {
      "year": 2018,
      "value": 94.64
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    {
      "year": 2019,
      "value": 91.91290283
    },
    {
      "year": 2020,
      "value": 92.3
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    {
      "year": 2021,
      "value": 93.93710327
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    {
      "year": 2022,
      "value": 94
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    {
      "year": 2023,
      "value": 94.14530182
    },
    {
      "year": 2024,
      "value": 94.353302
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  ],
  "provenance": {
    "publisher": "International Telecommunication Union (ITU)",
    "dataset": "World Telecommunication/ICT Indicators Database",
    "surface": "World Bank World Development Indicators (WDI), Indicators API v2",
    "metadataUrl": "https://databank.worldbank.org/metadataglossary/world-development-indicators/series/IT.NET.USER.ZS",
    "retrievalUrl": "https://api.worldbank.org/v2/country/all/indicator/IT.NET.USER.ZS?date=1990:2024&format=json&per_page=20000&source=2",
    "retrievedAt": "2026-08-28",
    "license": "CC BY-4.0",
    "attribution": "Please cite the International Telecommunication Union for third-party use of these data."
  },
  "humanUrl": "https://worlddiscoverydata.com/indicators/internet-use/country/can/history/"
}