When it comes to cleaning up after the toilet, North Americans have always had a hard time giving up toilet paper. But lately, it seems that more and more people are catching on to the idea of electronic bidets. For the average Canadian before the pandemic, the idea of installing such a device might have been dismissed immediately. But that is no longer the case.

"We've seen an increase in interest in recent years," said Himalaya Srivastava, store manager at Bath Depot in Kitchener, Ont. "Ever since consumers started clamoring about toilet paper shortages, there's been a steady stream of customers buying bidets. In recent history, bidets have had their place in the Canadian market. Every six months they've introduced some new type of bidet."

The reason behind this electronic bidet craze is also related to people moving here from all over the world.