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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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Warning Data quality note(s)
  • Data quality index showing, for the short census questionnaire (100% data), a global non response rate higher than or equal to 5% but lower than 10%.
Total - Families by number of children at home 12,580 11,370 10,145 1,220 1,210 965 245
Total families without children at home 6,130 6,130 5,510 620 0 0 0
Total families with children at home 6,455 5,240 4,640 600 1,215 965 245
1 child at home 3,570 2,695 2,350 340 880 695 180
2 children at home 2,325 2,075 1,870 200 250 185 65
3 or more children at home 560 470 415 55 85 85 0
Total children at home 9,990.0 8,350.0 7,420.0 935.0 1,640.0 1,330.0 315.0
Average number of children at home per family 0.8 0.7 0.7 0.8 1.3 1.4 1.3
Source: Statistics Canada, 2006 Census of Population, Statistics Canada catalogue no. 97-553-XCB2006008 (A0G, CodeA0G)