The Global Findex Database 2025: Connectivity and Financial Inclusion in the Digital Economy

Canada, 2024

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Reference ID

CAN_2024_FINDEX_v02_M

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Development Research Group, Finance and Private Sector Development Unit

Metadata

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Jan 05, 2026

Last modified

Jan 05, 2026

Main reason for not having a mobile phone (con3)

Data file: Findex_Microdata_2025_updateCanada

Overview

Valid: 0

Invalid: 1024

Type: Discrete

Decimal: 0

Width: 72

Range: -

Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question

What is the main reason you do not own a mobile phone? 1. You don't have enough money to buy a mobile phone 2. Buying mobile minutes is too expensive 3. There is not reliable coverage where you live 4. You have difficulties reading or typing on a mobile phone 5. People in your family or community do not approve of you using a mobile phone 6. You are worried about your personal safety or security when using a mobile phone 7. You use someone else's mobile phone 8. Some other reason/None of these reasons

Categories

Value	Category
1	Don't have enough money to buy a mobile phone
2	Buying mobile minutes is too expensive
3	There is not reliable coverage where they live
4	Difficulties reading or typing on a mobile phone
5	People in family or community do not approve of you using a mobile phone
6	Worried about personal safety or security when using a mobile phone
7	Use someone else's mobile phone
97	Some other reason
98	Don't know
99	Refused
Sysmiss

Warning: these figures indicate the number of cases found in the data file. They cannot be interpreted as summary statistics of the population of interest.

Interviewer instructions

Only display items from Con2A-Con2G if Con2A or Con2B or Con2C or Con2D or Con2E or Con2F or Con26 = "yes"

Others

Notes

Note: "no/dk/r" indicates the response categories: no, dk="don't know" and r="refused" Words in brackets [] indicate local or economy-specific terminology.

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