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 = J4L
| 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 |
8,950
|
6,690
|
4,165
|
2,525
|
2,260
|
1,780
|
475
|
| Total families without children at home |
3,250
|
3,250
|
1,985
|
1,265
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
| Total families with children at home |
5,705
|
3,440
|
2,185
|
1,255
|
2,260
|
1,780
|
475
|
| 1 child at home |
2,960
|
1,485
|
890
|
590
|
1,475
|
1,110
|
365
|
| 2 children at home |
1,960
|
1,390
|
880
|
515
|
570
|
480
|
90
|
| 3 or more children at home |
780
|
565
|
410
|
155
|
215
|
190
|
25
|
| Total children at home |
9,450.0
|
6,135.0
|
3,980.0
|
2,155.0
|
3,315.0
|
2,675.0
|
640.0
|
| Average number of children at home per family |
1.1
|
0.9
|
1.0
|
0.9
|
1.5
|
1.5
|
1.3
|
Source: Statistics Canada, 2006 Census of Population, Statistics Canada catalogue no. 97-553-XCB2006008
(J4L, CodeJ4L)