CP: Internet shopping by households up 25% in 2003, says StatsCan

Canadian e-commerce grew by 25 percent in 2003 over 2002, according to Statistics Canada. The nine-month-old figures (perhaps it's hand tabulated up there) contradict other Canadian studies showing slow growth or even the occasional decline in Canadian interest in buying things online. Canadians reportedly spent about $3 billion on web transactions in 2003, about the same amount people do in the U.S. in nine days, according to comScore weekly figures. About 70 percent of purchases were bought on Canadian sites.