The Media Awareness Network's first survey, Canada's Children In A Wired World: The Parents' View, was conducted by Environics Research Group in March 2000. It was funded by Industry Canada, in partnership with Health Canada and Human Resources Development Canada.

This was the first survey of its kind in Canada. Environics polled 1080 randomly selected Canadian families who owned a home computer and had children between six and 16. Over 70 per cent of parents surveyed indicated that they had Internet access at home, and 86 per cent of these parents said their children used the Internet.

Parents were asked for their opinions on:

• Their child’s Internet use
  
  
• The benefits and risks associated with their child’s use of the Internet
  
  
• Effective measures for addressing Internet safety issues and inappropriate online content

For the survey’s key findings and the full report on Canada's Children In A Wired World: The Parents' View, see the right sidebar.