Digital Divide

98% of Toronto Households have home internet access, but ____% of households report download speeds below the CRTC's national target of 50 mbps

• About 12%

• about 38%

• about 60%

• about 80%

Many communities lack the digital infrastructure to enable internet connectivity, disproportionately impacting specific communities. What communities do you think are impacted the most?

• Urban communities

• Rural communities

• Indigenous Communities

• Black Communities

Answer explanation

Canada lack the digital infrastructure to enable internet connectivity, disproportionately impacting Indigenous communities. Where they do have the infrastructure in place, the quality of service is often poor — well below the 50 Mbps levels of download speed that the CRTC recommends as adequate.

Even with digital infrastructure and high quality internet service in place, there are multiple factors that help explain why specific populations do not have access to the internet. What do you think those factors are?

• Affordability of internet

• Access to hardware

• Quality of hardware

• Internet speed

What percentage of Toronto households are worried about paying their home internet bill over the next few month

• 5%

• 15%

• 34%

• 75%

Answer explanation

34% of Toronto households are worried about paying their home internet bills over the next few months, with rates of worry greatest among low-income, newcomer, single parent, Latin American, South Asian, Black and Southeast Asian residents.

For those families who don't have access to the internet at home, what do you think is their primary place to access free internet?

• School

• Public Library

• Hospital

• Friend or families house

Answer explanation

42% of those in Toronto without home internet access use the public library for access, compared to 16% overall;