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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 10% but lower than 25%.
Total - Families by number of children at home 3,745 2,980 2,000 985 765 625 140
Total families without children at home 1,920 1,920 1,150 765 0 0 0
Total families with children at home 1,830 1,060 840 220 770 625 140
1 child at home 1,080 550 400 150 530 425 105
2 children at home 510 335 280 60 175 140 30
3 or more children at home 235 175 170 0 65 60 10
Total children at home 2,925.0 1,855.0 1,565.0 290.0 1,070.0 895.0 175.0
Average number of children at home per family 0.8 0.6 0.8 0.3 1.4 1.4 1.2
Source: Statistics Canada, 2006 Census of Population, Statistics Canada catalogue no. 97-553-XCB2006008 (K1R, CodeK1R)