2006 Census of Canada: Topic-based tabulations
Topic-based tabulation: 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
Data table
Geography = E2J
| 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) :
 Data quality note(s)
- 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 |
4,535
|
3,445
|
2,930
|
510
|
1,090
|
930
|
160
|
| Total families without children at home |
1,855
|
1,860
|
1,565
|
295
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
| Total families with children at home |
2,675
|
1,585
|
1,365
|
215
|
1,090
|
935
|
160
|
| 1 child at home |
1,480
|
760
|
630
|
130
|
720
|
625
|
90
|
| 2 children at home |
920
|
630
|
580
|
55
|
285
|
235
|
50
|
| 3 or more children at home |
275
|
190
|
160
|
25
|
85
|
70
|
15
|
| Total children at home |
4,240.0
|
2,680.0
|
2,335.0
|
345.0
|
1,560.0
|
1,315.0
|
245.0
|
| Average number of children at home per family |
0.9
|
0.8
|
0.8
|
0.7
|
1.4
|
1.4
|
1.5
|
Source: Statistics Canada, 2006 Census of Population, Statistics Canada catalogue no. 97-553-XCB2006008
(E2J, CodeE2J)