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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
Note(s) :
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%.
  • Data quality index showing, for the long census questionnaire (20% sample data), a global non response rate higher than or equal to 5% but lower than 10%.
Total - Families by number of children at home 2,225 1,965 1,705 255 260 230 30
Total families without children at home 1,030 1,025 915 110 0 0 0
Total families with children at home 1,195 940 785 145 255 225 30
1 child at home 725 530 435 95 195 165 25
2 children at home 420 365 320 45 55 50 0
3 or more children at home 50 40 35 0 10 10 0
Total children at home 1,725.0 1,395.0 1,180.0 215.0 330.0 295.0 35.0
Average number of children at home per family 0.8 0.7 0.7 0.8 1.3 1.3 1.2
Source: Statistics Canada, 2006 Census of Population, Statistics Canada catalogue no. 97-553-XCB2006008 (A0M, CodeA0M)