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 = J8T
| 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 |
11,470
|
9,135
|
6,445
|
2,695
|
2,330
|
1,825
|
500
|
| Total families without children at home |
4,525
|
4,530
|
3,135
|
1,395
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
| Total families with children at home |
6,940
|
4,605
|
3,305
|
1,300
|
2,330
|
1,830
|
500
|
| 1 child at home |
3,715
|
2,130
|
1,500
|
625
|
1,585
|
1,205
|
380
|
| 2 children at home |
2,470
|
1,875
|
1,375
|
505
|
590
|
510
|
85
|
| 3 or more children at home |
755
|
605
|
435
|
165
|
150
|
110
|
40
|
| Total children at home |
11,150.0
|
7,915.0
|
5,720.0
|
2,195.0
|
3,235.0
|
2,560.0
|
670.0
|
| Average number of children at home per family |
1.0
|
0.9
|
0.9
|
0.8
|
1.4
|
1.4
|
1.3
|
Source: Statistics Canada, 2006 Census of Population, Statistics Canada catalogue no. 97-553-XCB2006008
(J8T, CodeJ8T)