2006 Census of Canada: Topic-based tabulations
Topic-based tabulation: 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
Data table
Geography = H4W
| 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) :
 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 |
6,255
|
5,500
|
5,225
|
270
|
760
|
615
|
150
|
| Total families without children at home |
2,690
|
2,690
|
2,525
|
165
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
| Total families with children at home |
3,570
|
2,810
|
2,700
|
105
|
760
|
615
|
145
|
| 1 child at home |
1,450
|
970
|
910
|
65
|
480
|
365
|
110
|
| 2 children at home |
1,375
|
1,140
|
1,110
|
25
|
235
|
200
|
30
|
| 3 or more children at home |
740
|
700
|
685
|
15
|
40
|
45
|
0
|
| Total children at home |
6,705.0
|
5,605.0
|
5,440.0
|
165.0
|
1,100.0
|
925.0
|
180.0
|
| Average number of children at home per family |
1.1
|
1.0
|
1.0
|
0.6
|
1.5
|
1.5
|
1.2
|
Source: Statistics Canada, 2006 Census of Population, Statistics Canada catalogue no. 97-553-XCB2006008
(H4W, CodeH4W)