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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%.
Total - Families by number of children at home 8,450 6,820 5,550 1,270 1,625 1,350 275
Total families without children at home 3,570 3,570 2,890 680 0 0 0
Total families with children at home 4,880 3,250 2,660 585 1,625 1,355 275
1 child at home 2,380 1,310 1,060 245 1,070 860 210
2 children at home 1,710 1,270 1,035 240 440 395 40
3 or more children at home 795 670 570 100 120 100 25
Total children at home 8,365.0 6,040.0 4,980.0 1,060.0 2,330.0 1,965.0 365.0
Average number of children at home per family 1.0 0.9 0.9 0.8 1.4 1.5 1.3
Source: Statistics Canada, 2006 Census of Population, Statistics Canada catalogue no. 97-553-XCB2006008 (K6H, CodeK6H)