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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%.
Total - Families by number of children at home 755 580 405 175 175 145 30
Total families without children at home 280 275 205 80 0 0 0
Total families with children at home 480 305 205 100 175 145 30
1 child at home 210 125 95 30 85 60 25
2 children at home 215 140 85 55 75 65 10
3 or more children at home 50 35 20 15 10 15 0
Total children at home 795.0 515.0 335.0 185.0 280.0 240.0 40.0
Average number of children at home per family 1.1 0.9 0.8 1.1 1.6 1.7 1.2
Source: Statistics Canada, 2006 Census of Population, Statistics Canada catalogue no. 97-553-XCB2006008 (E8B, CodeE8B)