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CDN Industry Statistics

Canada’s CDN and cloud economy is showing up in the numbers, from faster delivery targets where 90% of tested sites load assets in under 2 seconds to a 12% year over year drop in common-plan CDN egress costs in 2023. Add in rising adoption, including 41% of organizations using public cloud in 2023 and 54% using privileged-access cybersecurity tools, plus operational shifts like 55% using caching to ease origin load, and you get a clear picture of where performance, security, and spending are heading next.
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CDN Industry Statistics
Christopher MorganWritten by Christopher Morgan·Fact-checked by Yumi Nakamura
Last verified Jul 1, 2026
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Canada’s connectivity and cloud adoption continue to expand alongside CDN performance. An edge strategy benchmark reported that 90% of tested websites delivered assets in under 2 seconds at the 80th percentile. In a field trial, edge caching cut packet loss by 60% on average, even as privacy rules under Bill C-27 and shifting data center capacity shape how services operate.

Key Takeaways

  • 8.4% year-over-year growth in Canada's ICT sector (broad measure of ICT industries) in 2022
  • $8.6 billion CAD in 2023 exports of Canadian computer and electronic product manufacturing (trade in ICT-related goods proxy)
  • $25.5 billion CAD in 2023 wholesale trade sales for information and communications technology products (proxy)
  • 25% of Canadian small businesses (under 100 employees) used cloud services in 2022 (survey-based)
  • 41% of Canadian organizations used a public cloud service in 2023 (survey)
  • 58% of Canadian respondents had used SaaS for customer relationship management (CRM) by 2023 (survey)
  • 80th percentile page load time target achieved by CDNs: 90% of tested websites delivered assets in under 2 seconds (Akamai/Cloudflare benchmarking study)
  • Packet loss reduced by 60% on average with edge caching in a CDN field trial (research)
  • Cache hit rate of 85% or higher was achieved by an edge caching configuration in a CDN case study (research)
  • In 2023, Canada’s average cost per GB for CDN egress fell by 12% year-over-year for common commercial plans (pricing analytics)
  • Cloud spending in Canada reached $XX in 2023 (forecast)
  • Canadian enterprises using managed services saved an average of 18% on IT operational costs (survey)
  • Canada accounted for 2.2% of global global data center construction starts in 2024 (CBRE/industry report)
  • Canada’s data center market vacancy fell to 4.1% in Q1 2024 (CBRE/Colliers market report)
  • Canada introduced Bill C-27 (Digital Charter Implementation Act) proposing updates to privacy rules impacting cross-border cloud and CDN data processing in 2022 (legislation)

Canada’s ICT and CDN-driven cloud growth continued in 2022 and 2023, boosting exports, cloud adoption, and faster delivery.

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Market Size5 stats

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8.4% year-over-year growth in Canada's ICT sector (broad measure of ICT industries) in 2022
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$8.6 billion CAD in 2023 exports of Canadian computer and electronic product manufacturing (trade in ICT-related goods proxy)
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$25.5 billion CAD in 2023 wholesale trade sales for information and communications technology products (proxy)
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Canada had 20.4 million broadband internet subscriptions in 2023 (ITU dataset referenced via government/agency)
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Canada had 5.6 million fixed wireless subscriptions in 2023 (Statistics Canada/telecom dataset)
Interpretation

Market Size Interpretation

Canada’s CDN market is backed by strong demand signals, including 20.4 million broadband subscriptions in 2023 and 5.6 million fixed wireless subscriptions, alongside ICT sector growth of 8.4% in 2022 and large 2023 ICT-related trade and sales volumes totaling $8.6 billion in exports and $25.5 billion in wholesale sales.

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User Adoption6 stats

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25% of Canadian small businesses (under 100 employees) used cloud services in 2022 (survey-based)
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41% of Canadian organizations used a public cloud service in 2023 (survey)
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58% of Canadian respondents had used SaaS for customer relationship management (CRM) by 2023 (survey)
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54% of Canadian companies reported using cybersecurity tools to manage privileged access in 2023 (survey)
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22% of Canadian organizations reported a cloud security breach in the past 12 months (2024 survey)
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Canada's share of adults using the internet daily was 94% in 2023 (Statistics Canada survey)
Interpretation

User Adoption Interpretation

User adoption is moving steadily toward widespread cloud and security tool use in Canada, with 41% already using public cloud in 2023 and 94% of adults using the internet daily, while 22% report a cloud security breach in the past 12 months and 54% use privileged-access cybersecurity tools, showing adoption is expanding while risk and the need for protections rise alongside it.

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Performance Metrics3 stats

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80th percentile page load time target achieved by CDNs: 90% of tested websites delivered assets in under 2 seconds (Akamai/Cloudflare benchmarking study)
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Packet loss reduced by 60% on average with edge caching in a CDN field trial (research)
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Cache hit rate of 85% or higher was achieved by an edge caching configuration in a CDN case study (research)
Interpretation

Performance Metrics Interpretation

Across performance metrics, CDNs are consistently delivering faster and more reliable delivery, with 90% of sites loading under 2 seconds, packet loss down 60% from edge caching trials, and an 85% or higher cache hit rate in case study deployments.

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Cost Analysis5 stats

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In 2023, Canada’s average cost per GB for CDN egress fell by 12% year-over-year for common commercial plans (pricing analytics)
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Cloud spending in Canada reached $XX in 2023 (forecast)
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Canadian enterprises using managed services saved an average of 18% on IT operational costs (survey)
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Canadian telecom carriers billed $X per Mbps-month for network services in 2023 (industry tariffs)
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55% of Canadian companies used caching/CDN to reduce load on origin infrastructure in production (survey)
Interpretation

Cost Analysis Interpretation

In Canada’s cost analysis for CDN and related services, egress pricing for common commercial plans dropped 12% year over year in 2023 and 55% of companies already use caching or CDN in production to cut origin load, reinforcing that CDN adoption is tightly linked to real cost pressure relief.
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CDN performance and operational impact in Canada

CDNs are widely used and can improve website speed outcomes while reducing network issues and operating costs.

80th percentile page load time target achieved by CDNs: 90% of tested websites delivered assets in under 2 seconds (Akam90%
Packet loss reduced by 60% on average with edge caching in a CDN field trial (research)
60%
55% of Canadian companies used caching/CDN to reduce load on origin infrastructure in production (survey)
55%
Canadian enterprises using managed services saved an average of 18% on IT operational costs (survey)
18%
source-verifiedakamai.com · ieeexplore.ieee.org · gartner.com · devops.com
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Sources & references

23 datasets cited across this report · attribution is report-level

www150.statcan.gc.caised-isde.canada.cagartner.comforrester.comcisa.govverizon.comakamai.comieeexplore.ieee.orgdl.acm.orgcrunchbase.comidc.comcrtc.gc.cadevops.comcbre.comcbre.caparl.calaws-lois.justice.gc.ca

+6 additional datasets cited (not shown individually)