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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
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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%.
Total - Families by number of children at home 9,170 8,090 4,845 3,245 1,080 755 325
Total families without children at home 4,655 4,655 2,810 1,845 0 0 0
Total families with children at home 4,510 3,430 2,035 1,400 1,075 755 325
1 child at home 2,145 1,480 785 690 670 470 200
2 children at home 1,730 1,405 875 530 325 220 105
3 or more children at home 630 550 365 180 85 60 20
Total children at home 7,655.0 6,075.0 3,745.0 2,330.0 1,575.0 1,100.0 475.0
Average number of children at home per family 0.8 0.8 0.8 0.7 1.5 1.5 1.5
Source: Statistics Canada, 2006 Census of Population, Statistics Canada catalogue no. 97-553-XCB2006008 (J0R, CodeJ0R)