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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 5% but lower than 10%.
Total - Families by number of children at home 3,755 3,025 2,635 395 730 635 95
Total families without children at home 1,400 1,400 1,075 325 0 0 0
Total families with children at home 2,360 1,625 1,555 75 730 635 90
1 child at home 1,250 685 640 45 565 505 60
2 children at home 800 675 655 20 120 105 15
3 or more children at home 305 260 255 10 40 25 15
Total children at home 3,850.0 2,900.0 2,795.0 110.0 950.0 805.0 145.0
Average number of children at home per family 1.0 1.0 1.1 0.3 1.3 1.3 1.5
Source: Statistics Canada, 2006 Census of Population, Statistics Canada catalogue no. 97-553-XCB2006008 (L8S, CodeL8S)