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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 10% but lower than 25%.
  • Data quality index showing, for the long census questionnaire (20% sample data), a global non response rate higher than or equal to 10% but lower than 25%.
Total - Families by number of children at home 2,875 2,395 1,985 410 475 405 75
Total families without children at home 1,410 1,410 1,090 325 0 0 0
Total families with children at home 1,455 980 895 85 475 400 75
1 child at home 705 380 330 55 325 280 40
2 children at home 570 435 415 25 135 105 25
3 or more children at home 185 165 155 10 20 15 0
Total children at home 2,450.0 1,790.0 1,660.0 130.0 655.0 545.0 110.0
Average number of children at home per family 0.9 0.7 0.8 0.3 1.4 1.3 1.6
Source: Statistics Canada, 2006 Census of Population, Statistics Canada catalogue no. 97-553-XCB2006008 (H3Z, CodeH3Z)