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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 10% but lower than 25%.
Total - Families by number of children at home 1,805 1,430 1,265 170 370 300 70
Total families without children at home 780 780 730 50 0 0 0
Total families with children at home 1,025 655 530 120 370 300 70
1 child at home 465 265 195 70 200 175 25
2 children at home 395 295 255 40 100 75 25
3 or more children at home 160 95 80 15 65 45 15
Total children at home 1,770.0 1,160.0 960.0 195.0 610.0 480.0 130.0
Average number of children at home per family 1.0 0.8 0.8 1.2 1.6 1.6 1.9
Source: Statistics Canada, 2006 Census of Population, Statistics Canada catalogue no. 97-553-XCB2006008 (E7H, CodeE7H)