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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
| Number of children at home (8) | Census family structure (7) | |||||||
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| 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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Note(s) :
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| Total - Families by number of children at home | 39,185 | 32,780 | 28,700 | 4,085 | 6,400 | 5,270 | 1,135 | |
| Total families without children at home | 15,315 | 15,315 | 12,935 | 2,380 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Total families with children at home | 23,870 | 17,465 | 15,765 | 1,705 | 6,405 | 5,265 | 1,140 | |
| 1 child at home | 10,645 | 6,695 | 5,725 | 965 | 3,955 | 3,210 | 740 | |
| 2 children at home | 8,820 | 7,005 | 6,520 | 485 | 1,815 | 1,465 | 345 | |
| 3 or more children at home | 4,405 | 3,765 | 3,515 | 255 | 630 | 590 | 45 | |
| Total children at home | 42,595.0 | 33,020.0 | 30,285.0 | 2,735.0 | 9,575.0 | 7,980.0 | 1,595.0 | |
| Average number of children at home per family | 1.1 | 1.0 | 1.1 | 0.7 | 1.5 | 1.5 | 1.4 | |
Source: Statistics Canada, 2006 Census of Population, Statistics Canada catalogue no. 97-553-XCB2006008
(Prince Edward Island / Île-du-Prince-Édouard, Code11)
