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Originally Posted by Rizla
5 months a year and a population of 350 in a northern town? Sounds like you are working seasonally in Inuit country. I imagine the above stats are being heavily affected by the bulk of the population in the densely populated regions down south. If my supposition is correct, you're experience is not representative of the vast majority of the population.
The other thing is, Amazon hasn't taken off in Canada like it has in countries with larger denser populations like the USA and Europe. It seems to me that Amazon (and a lot of other corporations) don't perceive Canada as a market lucrative enough to pursue. Quebec insisting on everything being in French further discourages 'investment.'
I've noticed recently that if you try to ship a used pbook from the USA to Canada or the UK, shipping to Canada is more! It's almost like US sellers don't want to do business with Canada. Very odd. Again, maybe the size of the market discourages them (particularly after subtracting 7 million francophones).
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Well I have worked in Inuit country
and people do read more in the north I think due perhaps to the lack of other popular entertainment in remote locations.
Shipping is more expensive to Canada I think and within Canada AFAIK I think it is the shiippers such as puralotor, Fedex etc. who charge a higher rate.
I do spend my winters in Vancouver and among the people I know (a lot less than 4000) Amazon is very popular, especially the US site. A lot of things you can't buy in Canada, you can buy from Amazon
. so we just pay the shipping if we want it.
Still Canadians are overall very into technology and reportedly had the highest internet usage per capita in the world about a year ago so I am a bit surprised at the result of the survey.
Helen