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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 2,040 1,715 1,155 560 325 260 65
Total families without children at home 920 920 625 295 0 0 0
Total families with children at home 1,120 795 530 265 325 265 65
1 child at home 585 390 240 150 200 150 50
2 children at home 420 315 220 100 100 85 15
3 or more children at home 110 90 70 20 20 25 0
Total children at home 1,810.0 1,325.0 910.0 410.0 485.0 410.0 75.0
Average number of children at home per family 0.9 0.8 0.8 0.7 1.5 1.6 1.2
Source: Statistics Canada, 2006 Census of Population, Statistics Canada catalogue no. 97-553-XCB2006008 (G3Z, CodeG3Z)