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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 3,335 2,715 1,845 870 615 490 125
Total families without children at home 1,510 1,510 1,165 345 0 0 0
Total families with children at home 1,825 1,205 680 525 615 490 125
1 child at home 980 560 295 260 420 325 95
2 children at home 630 475 270 210 150 125 30
3 or more children at home 215 170 115 55 40 40 0
Total children at home 2,940.0 2,060.0 1,205.0 850.0 880.0 725.0 155.0
Average number of children at home per family 0.9 0.8 0.7 1.0 1.4 1.5 1.2
Source: Statistics Canada, 2006 Census of Population, Statistics Canada catalogue no. 97-553-XCB2006008 (G9P, CodeG9P)