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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
Note(s) :
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%.
  • 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 4,480 3,395 2,420 975 1,090 930 160
Total families without children at home 1,730 1,730 1,095 635 0 0 0
Total families with children at home 2,750 1,665 1,325 340 1,085 925 160
1 child at home 1,500 750 545 205 755 650 105
2 children at home 880 635 535 100 250 190 55
3 or more children at home 365 285 245 35 85 85 0
Total children at home 4,440.0 2,900.0 2,385.0 510.0 1,535.0 1,320.0 215.0
Average number of children at home per family 1.0 0.9 1.0 0.5 1.4 1.4 1.3
Source: Statistics Canada, 2006 Census of Population, Statistics Canada catalogue no. 97-553-XCB2006008 (H2B, CodeH2B)