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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 long census questionnaire (20% sample data), a global non response rate higher than or equal to 5% but lower than 10%.
Total - Families by number of children at home 1,950 1,705 970 735 250 180 70
Total families without children at home 595 595 330 265 0 0 0
Total families with children at home 1,360 1,110 640 470 250 180 70
1 child at home 575 420 230 190 155 120 30
2 children at home 565 480 285 190 85 50 30
3 or more children at home 220 210 125 85 10 10 10
Total children at home 2,395.0 2,035.0 1,190.0 845.0 355.0 245.0 110.0
Average number of children at home per family 1.2 1.2 1.2 1.2 1.4 1.4 1.6
Source: Statistics Canada, 2006 Census of Population, Statistics Canada catalogue no. 97-553-XCB2006008 (G6C, CodeG6C)