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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) :
Total - Families by number of children at home 1,845 1,680 960 720 165 115 55
Total families without children at home 800 800 460 345 0 0 0
Total families with children at home 1,045 880 505 380 165 110 55
1 child at home 445 335 155 180 115 65 45
2 children at home 440 400 260 140 40 35 0
3 or more children at home 155 145 85 60 10 10 0
Total children at home 1,865.0 1,630.0 985.0 645.0 235.0 180.0 60.0
Average number of children at home per family 1.0 1.0 1.0 0.9 1.5 1.6 1.2
Source: Statistics Canada, 2006 Census of Population, Statistics Canada catalogue no. 97-553-XCB2006008 (J2M, CodeJ2M)