Canadian shoppers who buy online abroad prefer to pay with a credit card than any other payment method, a 2022 survey showed. Over half of respondents used credit cards for cross-border online purchases, while another 40 percent chose PayPal.
Preferred means of payment for cross-border online purchases in Canada as of 2022
* Based on an online survey of adults who have purchased online in the past 3 months. The source does not provide the exact number of respondents in each market.
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PayPal. (August 8, 2022). Preferred means of payment for cross-border online purchases in Canada as of 2022 [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved May 04, 2025, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/473160/canada-online-cross-border-shopping-payment-methods/
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PayPal. (2022). Preferred means of payment for cross-border online purchases in Canada as of 2022. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: May 04, 2025. https://www.statista.com/statistics/473160/canada-online-cross-border-shopping-payment-methods/
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