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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 4,245 3,105 2,035 1,070 1,135 960 180
Total families without children at home 2,065 2,065 1,185 880 0 0 0
Total families with children at home 2,180 1,040 845 190 1,140 960 180
1 child at home 1,340 570 440 130 765 615 155
2 children at home 595 335 285 50 255 230 30
3 or more children at home 245 130 120 10 115 110 0
Total children at home 3,310.0 1,655.0 1,390.0 265.0 1,655.0 1,450.0 210.0
Average number of children at home per family 0.8 0.5 0.7 0.2 1.5 1.5 1.1
Source: Statistics Canada, 2006 Census of Population, Statistics Canada catalogue no. 97-553-XCB2006008 (B3K, CodeB3K)