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

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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) :  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	18,370	16,310	10,665	5,645	2,055	1,560	495
Total families without children at home	8,275	8,280	5,855	2,420	0	0	0
Total families with children at home	10,090	8,035	4,805	3,225	2,055	1,560	495
1 child at home	4,900	3,430	2,025	1,405	1,465	1,145	320
2 children at home	3,605	3,165	1,830	1,335	440	310	125
3 or more children at home	1,590	1,435	960	480	150	105	45
Total children at home	17,235.0	14,395.0	8,725.0	5,670.0	2,840.0	2,120.0	720.0
Average number of children at home per family	0.9	0.9	0.8	1.0	1.4	1.4	1.5