The chart below shows the proportion of businesses making e- commerce by industry in Canada Between 2015 and 2019.

The given bar chart illustrates the percentage of 5 types of businesses that made

e-commerce

payments

in the

industry

in Canada from 2015 to 2019.

Overall

, there were three industries (construction, wholesale and retail trade) which had a slight increase in making

e-commerce

payments

over five

years

.

On the other hand

, manufacturing and information and communication experienced a gradual fluctuation from 2015 to 2019. Looking at the details, it can be seen that the construction

industry

made

e-commerce

at around 20 per cent from 2015.

This

figure

then

increased to more than 50% after 5

years

.

Similarly

, from 40 % making online

payments

in 2015, the entire distribution

industry

showed a slight increase of almost 20 % in

e-commerce

purchases

at the end

of the period. The retail

industry

reported that up to 30% of

payments

were made online in 2015.

This

figure increased dramatically to 50% after one year. After three

years

, there was a slight increase to almost 60% in 2019. The manufacturing

industry

,

on the other hand

, registered as much as 30 % of

e-commerce

purchases in 2015 and

then

increased sharply to just over 50 % in 2016. The figure

then

fell by almost 10% a year later, before rising again to almost 60% in 2015.

Similarly

, the manufacturing, information and communication industries made the highest number of

e-commerce

payments

over the five

years

. Starting from 60% in 2015, it increased to 70% in 2016. After that, it remained stable in 2017 and

then

increased to more than 70 % before returning to 70 %

at the end

of the

last

year.