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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 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 2,110 1,875 1,600 275 235 190 50
Total families without children at home 1,130 1,130 975 155 0 0 0
Total families with children at home 980 745 625 115 240 190 45
1 child at home 540 370 300 70 170 135 35
2 children at home 300 260 230 30 45 30 10
3 or more children at home 140 115 100 20 20 20 0
Total children at home 1,575.0 1,240.0 1,050.0 190.0 335.0 265.0 70.0
Average number of children at home per family 0.7 0.7 0.7 0.7 1.4 1.4 1.4
Source: Statistics Canada, 2006 Census of Population, Statistics Canada catalogue no. 97-553-XCB2006008 (B0R, CodeB0R)