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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 5,540 4,865 3,015 1,845 675 445 230
Total families without children at home 2,945 2,945 1,985 960 0 0 0
Total families with children at home 2,595 1,920 1,030 890 675 445 230
1 child at home 1,335 905 500 410 425 255 175
2 children at home 935 710 380 330 225 165 55
3 or more children at home 320 305 155 145 20 20 0
Total children at home 4,290.0 3,345.0 1,795.0 1,550.0 950.0 660.0 285.0
Average number of children at home per family 0.8 0.7 0.6 0.8 1.4 1.5 1.2
Source: Statistics Canada, 2006 Census of Population, Statistics Canada catalogue no. 97-553-XCB2006008 (J0W, CodeJ0W)