More Canadians used the Internet to purchase goods and services in 2007, placing almost $12.8-billion worth of orders, up 61 per cent from 2005.
Statistics Canada reports the increase was driven by a larger volume of orders, which rose to 69.9 million in 2007 from 49.4 million in 2005.
The agency says the proportion of orders placed with Canadian vendors declined to 52 per cent of all orders in 2007 from 57 per cent in 2005.
More than 8.4 million Canadians aged 16 and over made an online purchase in 2007, up from nearly 6.9 million in 2005.
About 82 per cent paid directly online for some or all of their purchases, up from 75 per cent in 2005.
Even so, 77 per cent of these online consumers expressed concern about online credit-card use.
