Statistics Canada asked Canadians 65 and over what they do online. Dating sites came last, at 2.3%, in a group where 82.6% are internet users. What that gap does and does not tell you.
Michael Reed · September 11, 2026
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The hardest part is rarely the technology. It is being asked to be interesting to strangers when your identity was built around one person knowing you completely.
Michael Reed · September 11, 2026
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Almost everyone expects to be lied to online. A ten minute check that catches most of it, what a verified badge actually proves, and where Canadian law stands.
Michael Reed · September 11, 2026
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Pew Research Center found 57% of women over 50 describe online dating as negative, against 38% of men. Among under-50s the gap is five points. After 50 it is nineteen.
Michael Reed · September 11, 2026
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In 2025 the Canadian Anti-Fraud Centre recorded $63.3 million lost to relationship fraud, and people over 50 account for roughly three quarters of reported romance-scam losses. Seven checks that actually work.
Michael Reed · September 11, 2026
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