The chart below gives information about the number of social networking sites people used in Canada in 2014 and 2015.

The bar chart presents the percentage of people in Canada who accessed social networking

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in 2014 and 2015.

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, the percentage of social media users decreased as the number of

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increased,

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the single-site group represented the most common category. About 22% of Canadian residents never used social networking

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in 2014, and

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figure fell marginally to 21% in the following year. Meanwhile, the proportion of people accessing two online platforms rose slightly to 24% in 2015, followed by a rise in the three platforms from 12% to 16%.

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, the majority of users relied on a single site in these years,

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category experienced a major decline from 36% to 28%.

On the other hand

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, the two remaining groups accounted for less than 10% in both years, despite modest growth. Users of four

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climbed from 5% to 8%,

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the share for five

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doubled from 2% to 4%.