2006 Census of Canada: Topic-based tabulations
Topic-based tabulation: 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
Data table
Geography = Canada
| 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 |
|
Note(s) :
 Data quality note(s)
- 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)