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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 920 835 750 80 85 85 0
Total families without children at home 520 525 455 70 0 0 0
Total families with children at home 395 310 295 10 90 85 10
1 child at home 125 80 80 0 50 40 0
2 children at home 160 125 120 0 30 30 0
3 or more children at home 110 105 100 0 10 10 0
Total children at home 815.0 680.0 655.0 25.0 135.0 130.0 0
Average number of children at home per family 0.9 0.8 0.9 0.3 1.5 1.6 0
Source: Statistics Canada, 2006 Census of Population, Statistics Canada catalogue no. 97-553-XCB2006008 (E5T, CodeE5T)