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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 5% but lower than 10%.
Total - Families by number of children at home 5,510 4,615 2,600 2,015 895 700 195
Total families without children at home 3,100 3,105 1,820 1,280 0 0 0
Total families with children at home 2,405 1,510 780 730 895 700 190
1 child at home 1,430 750 395 355 685 550 125
2 children at home 725 565 260 305 160 100 60
3 or more children at home 250 195 125 70 50 45 0
Total children at home 3,680.0 2,500.0 1,305.0 1,195.0 1,180.0 915.0 260.0
Average number of children at home per family 0.7 0.5 0.5 0.6 1.3 1.3 1.4
Source: Statistics Canada, 2006 Census of Population, Statistics Canada catalogue no. 97-553-XCB2006008 (G1S, CodeG1S)