Canada personal information use concerns 2022

A survey from November to December 2022 showed that around three in 10 online Canadians felt extremely concerned about their personal information being used by others for identity theft. According to the same survey, only ten percent of respondents reported feeling unconcerned about this. Overall, the percentage of those extremely concerned about the problem, has decreased between 2018 and 2022.

Concern with online personal information usage according to internet users in Canada from 2018 and 2022

Characteristic	2018	2020	2022
Extremely concerned	32%	29%	28%
Concerned	19%	18%	17%
Somewhat concerned	37%	41%	42%
Not concerned	9%	11%	12%
Don't know	1%	1%	2%

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Release date

July 2023

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Region

Canada

Survey time period

November 23 to December 18, 2022

Number of respondents

1,476 respondents

Age group

16 years and older

Special properties

those with access to the internet

Method of interview

Telephone interview

Supplementary notes

Thinking about the information available about you online, please tell me whether you’re concerned about each of the following potentially happening. To do so, I’d like you to use a 7-point scale, where ‘1’ means you’re not at all concerned and ‘7’ means you’re extremely concerned.

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