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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 965 845 565 275 120 90 30
Total families without children at home 430 435 340 90 0 0 0
Total families with children at home 530 410 225 185 120 90 25
1 child at home 275 180 95 85 95 75 20
2 children at home 200 175 95 80 25 15 10
3 or more children at home 50 50 30 20 0 0 0
Total children at home 845.0 700.0 395.0 300.0 145.0 105.0 35.0
Average number of children at home per family 0.9 0.8 0.7 1.1 1.2 1.2 1.4
Source: Statistics Canada, 2006 Census of Population, Statistics Canada catalogue no. 97-553-XCB2006008 (G5T, CodeG5T)