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2006 Census of Canada: Topic-based tabulations

Number of Children at Home (8) and Census Family Structure (7) for the Census Families in Private Households of Canada, Provinces, Territories and Forward Sortation Areas, 2006 Census - 20% Sample Data

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Number of children at home (8) Census family structure (7)
Total - Census family structure Total couple families Married couple families Common-law couple families Total lone-parent families Female parent families Male parent families
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  • Excludes census data for one or more incompletely enumerated Indian reserves or Indian settlements.
Total - Families by number of children at home 8,896,840 7,482,775 6,105,910 1,376,870 1,414,060 1,132,290 281,775
Total families without children at home 3,420,850 3,420,850 2,662,135 758,715 0 0 0
Total families with children at home 5,475,990 4,061,930 3,443,775 618,150 1,414,060 1,132,290 281,775
1 child at home 2,429,695 1,558,880 1,267,625 291,255 870,815 682,025 188,790
2 children at home 2,132,830 1,732,505 1,497,755 234,755 400,325 327,660 72,665
3 or more children at home 913,465 770,540 678,405 92,140 142,920 122,605 20,320
Total children at home 9,733,770.0 7,586,250.0 6,517,600.0 1,068,650.0 2,147,520.0 1,746,475.0 401,045.0
Average number of children at home per family 1.1 1.0 1.1 0.8 1.5 1.5 1.4
Source: Statistics Canada, 2006 Census of Population, Statistics Canada catalogue no. 97-553-XCB2006008 (Canada, Code01)