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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 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)