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 = G3L
| 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 |
2,785
|
2,400
|
1,585
|
815
|
380
|
310
|
70
|
| Total families without children at home |
1,275
|
1,275
|
890
|
385
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
| Total families with children at home |
1,505
|
1,125
|
695
|
430
|
385
|
310
|
70
|
| 1 child at home |
685
|
440
|
285
|
155
|
245
|
185
|
55
|
| 2 children at home |
640
|
530
|
310
|
215
|
110
|
95
|
15
|
| 3 or more children at home |
180
|
155
|
100
|
55
|
20
|
25
|
0
|
| Total children at home |
2,525.0
|
1,985.0
|
1,220.0
|
765.0
|
540.0
|
455.0
|
85.0
|
| Average number of children at home per family |
0.9
|
0.8
|
0.8
|
0.9
|
1.4
|
1.5
|
1.2
|
Source: Statistics Canada, 2006 Census of Population, Statistics Canada catalogue no. 97-553-XCB2006008
(G3L, CodeG3L)