More than 70 per cent of Canadians prefer to do their online holiday shopping on dot-ca websites rather than on dot-com sites, according to a survey by the Canadian Internet Registration Authority (CIRA).
The survey was commissioned by CIRA to gauge Canadians’ attitudes and perception of the dot-ca Internet domain space. Other survey highlights relating to Canadian Internet users’ attitudes:
* 71 per cent prefer to use dot-ca website services, rather than dot-com services, because they know dot-ca is Canadian;
* 73 per cent attribute dot-ca websites to Canadian organizations and companies;
* 81 per cent attribute dot-com websites to American organizations and companies;
Just over 1,000 Canadian Internet users completed an online survey administered by The Strategic Counsel, a Toronto-based market research firm, between Nov. 14 and 20, 2001. Additional survey results are available in the annual general meeting section of www.cira.ca
