Overview

Canada scores 6.88 and climbs one place to rank 8th among the Innovation-driven economies on the Connectivity Scorecard 2011 index. In 2010, Canada held the 9th rank with a score of 7.02.

As in previous years, Canada, Finland and the U.K. are again relatively close to each other this year; so despite Canada’s lower score, its move up one place is understood, and a certain amount of position-swapping among these countries can be anticipated in future years too.

Canada performs solidly on the business-related components of the Scorecard. This performance conceals some of its deficiencies such as the substantially lower level of ICT investment per capita in Canada, especially when compared to the United States.

Canada Connectivity Performance by Scorecard Component