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 = H8S
| 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 |
5,880
|
4,345
|
2,730
|
1,610
|
1,535
|
1,175
|
360
|
| Total families without children at home |
2,200
|
2,205
|
1,310
|
890
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
| Total families with children at home |
3,675
|
2,140
|
1,415
|
720
|
1,540
|
1,175
|
360
|
| 1 child at home |
1,960
|
980
|
585
|
395
|
980
|
735
|
245
|
| 2 children at home |
1,320
|
870
|
605
|
265
|
450
|
355
|
95
|
| 3 or more children at home |
395
|
285
|
220
|
65
|
110
|
85
|
20
|
| Total children at home |
5,865.0
|
3,630.0
|
2,500.0
|
1,130.0
|
2,230.0
|
1,725.0
|
505.0
|
| Average number of children at home per family |
1.0
|
0.8
|
0.9
|
0.7
|
1.5
|
1.5
|
1.4
|
Source: Statistics Canada, 2006 Census of Population, Statistics Canada catalogue no. 97-553-XCB2006008
(H8S, CodeH8S)