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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 8,170 6,335 5,865 470 1,835 1,550 285
Total families without children at home 2,225 2,225 1,960 265 0 0 0
Total families with children at home 5,945 4,105 3,905 205 1,835 1,550 285
1 child at home 2,535 1,465 1,370 95 1,075 880 195
2 children at home 2,145 1,650 1,590 60 490 415 75
3 or more children at home 1,265 990 940 50 270 250 15
Total children at home 11,150.0 8,165.0 7,790.0 375.0 2,990.0 2,585.0 400.0
Average number of children at home per family 1.4 1.3 1.3 0.8 1.6 1.7 1.4
Source: Statistics Canada, 2006 Census of Population, Statistics Canada catalogue no. 97-553-XCB2006008 (M1G, CodeM1G)