{
  "schema_version": "1.0",
  "title": "Bitcoin awareness and ownership in Canada",
  "description": "Exact weighted estimates reproduced from Tables 1 and 2 of the Bank of Canada's 2023 Bitcoin Omnibus Survey report.",
  "type": "table",
  "columns": [
    "Survey wave",
    "Awareness",
    "Current ownership",
    "Survey context"
  ],
  "rows": [
    [
      "2016",
      "62%",
      "3.2%",
      "Bitcoin Omnibus Survey"
    ],
    [
      "2017",
      "83%",
      "4.3%",
      "Bitcoin Omnibus Survey"
    ],
    [
      "2018",
      "89%",
      "5.2%",
      "Bitcoin Omnibus Survey"
    ],
    [
      "2019",
      "87%",
      "5.1%",
      "Bitcoin Omnibus Survey"
    ],
    [
      "November 2020",
      "88%",
      "5.1%",
      "Cash Alternative Survey; abbreviated Bitcoin module"
    ],
    [
      "2021",
      "89%",
      "13.1%",
      "Bitcoin Omnibus Survey"
    ],
    [
      "August 2022",
      "90%",
      "10.1%",
      "Cash Pulse Survey; abbreviated Bitcoin module"
    ],
    [
      "December 2022",
      "91%",
      "10.3%",
      "Bitcoin Omnibus Survey"
    ],
    [
      "2023",
      "93%",
      "9.9%",
      "Bitcoin Omnibus Survey"
    ]
  ],
  "source_ids": [
    "acceptance-boc-2023"
  ],
  "sources": [
    {
      "id": "acceptance-boc-2023",
      "title": "Canadian Bitcoin Ownership in 2023: Key Takeaways",
      "publisher": "Bank of Canada",
      "type": "official weighted household survey report",
      "url": "https://www.bankofcanada.ca/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/sdp2025-4.pdf",
      "supports": "The 2016–2023 awareness and ownership estimates, sample notes, owner motivations, acquisition routes, and limitations."
    }
  ]
}