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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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Warning 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 670 580 305 275 90 65 20
Total families without children at home 245 240 120 125 0 0 0
Total families with children at home 430 340 185 155 85 60 25
1 child at home 175 120 40 80 55 40 15
2 children at home 170 150 85 70 20 15 0
3 or more children at home 80 65 60 10 10 10 0
Total children at home 790.0 660.0 425.0 235.0 130.0 95.0 35.0
Average number of children at home per family 1.2 1.1 1.4 0.8 1.6 1.5 1.4
Source: Statistics Canada, 2006 Census of Population, Statistics Canada catalogue no. 97-553-XCB2006008 (G5Z, CodeG5Z)