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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 195 135 80 55 60 55 10
Total families without children at home 55 55 35 20 0 0 0
Total families with children at home 140 80 45 40 65 55 10
1 child at home 45 30 20 10 20 10 0
2 children at home 65 40 25 20 25 25 0
3 or more children at home 25 0 0 10 15 20 0
Total children at home 265.0 135.0 65.0 70.0 125.0 120.0 0
Average number of children at home per family 1.4 1.0 0.9 1.3 2.2 2.3 0
Source: Statistics Canada, 2006 Census of Population, Statistics Canada catalogue no. 97-553-XCB2006008 (B3B, CodeB3B)