Heba Aly's 15 Aug article in the Toronto Star reports both Net use and the digital divide are growing in Canada. North of the border some prefer to frame the divide as more "urban-rural" than ethnic/racial. It is in part a 'spatial' thing: if the U.S. is big, Canada's even bigger. South of the (U.S.-Canada) border one's impression is that of the two, Canada has more rural areas with greater distances to reach urban centers.
"... In 2005, 68 % of adult Canadians used the Internet for personal non-business reasons. In Toronto, that number rose to 75%. ... The shift to a virtual world raises concern over a “digital divide” that continues to exist between people living in urban and rural communities. Only 58 per cent of residents living in small towns or rural areas accessed the World Wide Web, compared to a 68 per cent national average and a high of 77 per cent in some metropolitan areas. ..."
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