2006 Census of Canada: Topic-based tabulations
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
Data table
Geography = G1S
| 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%.
- 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)