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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
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  • 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)