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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
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  • 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 12,455 9,280 8,390 890 3,175 2,750 425
Total families without children at home 3,455 3,455 3,030 430 0 0 0
Total families with children at home 8,995 5,820 5,360 460 3,175 2,745 425
1 child at home 3,920 2,135 1,945 190 1,785 1,515 265
2 children at home 3,275 2,320 2,150 170 955 835 125
3 or more children at home 1,795 1,365 1,265 100 430 395 35
Total children at home 16,465.0 11,355.0 10,510.0 845.0 5,110.0 4,460.0 645.0
Average number of children at home per family 1.3 1.2 1.3 0.9 1.6 1.6 1.5
Source: Statistics Canada, 2006 Census of Population, Statistics Canada catalogue no. 97-553-XCB2006008 (M1E, CodeM1E)