Canada library e-book availability 2013

The statistic presents information on the awareness of e-book availability in libraries among book buyers in Canada in 2013, broken down by region. According to the source, 56 percent of respondents based in the central regions of the country, such as Quebec and Ontario, said they had the option to borrow e-books from their local libraries, while 32 percent did not know if they had such a possibility.

Awareness of e-book availability in libraries among book buyers in Canada in 2013, by region

Characteristic	All Canada	West	Prairies	Central	Atlantic
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Release date

December 2014

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Region

Canada

Survey time period

January to December 2013

Number of respondents

All Canada n = 584; West n = 111; Prairie n = 75; Central n = 351; Atlantic n = 47

Age group

18 years and older

Special properties

includes visits in person and online; among respondents who purchased a minimum of one book of any format in the prior month

Method of interview

Online survey

Supplementary notes

Regions are comprised of the following provinces and territories:
- West: British Columbia and Northern Territories (Yukon, Norhtwest Territories, Nunavut - residents of these terrirtories comprise lees than 0.2% of the total sample in the study)
- Prairies: Alberta, Saskatchewan and Manitoba
- Central: Ontario and Quebec
- Atlantic: Newfoundland and Labrador, New Brunswick, Prince Edward Island and Nova Scotia.

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