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

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Geography = J2K 

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	4,310	3,600	2,310	1,285	710	530	180
Total families without children at home	1,985	1,985	1,425	560	0	0	0
Total families with children at home	2,330	1,615	885	730	715	525	185
1 child at home	950	615	370	245	330	240	90
2 children at home	970	670	335	335	295	215	80
3 or more children at home	415	330	180	145	80	70	10
Total children at home	4,210.0	3,040.0	1,635.0	1,405.0	1,170.0	885.0	285.0
Average number of children at home per family	1.0	0.8	0.7	1.1	1.6	1.7	1.5