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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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  • 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 2,585 2,045 1,740 305 540 445 100
Total families without children at home 1,020 1,025 860 165 0 0 0
Total families with children at home 1,560 1,020 880 145 540 445 100
1 child at home 830 555 460 90 275 215 60
2 children at home 510 340 315 25 170 150 20
3 or more children at home 220 130 100 25 95 75 15
Total children at home 2,545.0 1,645.0 1,420.0 225.0 900.0 750.0 150.0
Average number of children at home per family 1.0 0.8 0.8 0.7 1.7 1.7 1.4
Source: Statistics Canada, 2006 Census of Population, Statistics Canada catalogue no. 97-553-XCB2006008 (A2N, CodeA2N)