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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 1,100 970 860 105 130 70 60
Total families without children at home 375 375 330 40 0 0 0
Total families with children at home 725 595 530 65 130 70 55
1 child at home 280 180 155 20 95 50 45
2 children at home 315 285 250 35 30 20 10
3 or more children at home 135 130 125 0 0 0 0
Total children at home 1,375.0 1,195.0 1,080.0 115.0 180.0 110.0 65.0
Average number of children at home per family 1.2 1.2 1.2 1.0 1.3 1.5 1.2
Source: Statistics Canada, 2006 Census of Population, Statistics Canada catalogue no. 97-553-XCB2006008 (L0H, CodeL0H)