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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 1,745 1,475 1,110 365 270 200 70
Total families without children at home 790 790 655 130 0 0 0
Total families with children at home 955 685 450 230 270 200 70
1 child at home 550 365 220 140 190 125 65
2 children at home 350 275 200 75 75 70 0
3 or more children at home 55 45 30 15 10 0 0
Total children at home 1,415.0 1,055.0 710.0 345.0 360.0 285.0 75.0
Average number of children at home per family 0.8 0.7 0.6 0.9 1.3 1.4 1.1
Source: Statistics Canada, 2006 Census of Population, Statistics Canada catalogue no. 97-553-XCB2006008 (E7C, CodeE7C)