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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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Warning Data quality note(s)
  • 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 6,590 5,330 4,955 380 1,260 1,035 220
Total families without children at home 2,075 2,075 1,835 240 0 0 0
Total families with children at home 4,515 3,255 3,115 135 1,260 1,035 225
1 child at home 2,190 1,350 1,280 70 840 660 175
2 children at home 1,690 1,385 1,335 50 305 260 45
3 or more children at home 635 520 505 10 120 115 0
Total children at home 7,705.0 5,870.0 5,650.0 225.0 1,835.0 1,560.0 275.0
Average number of children at home per family 1.2 1.1 1.1 0.6 1.5 1.5 1.2
Source: Statistics Canada, 2006 Census of Population, Statistics Canada catalogue no. 97-553-XCB2006008 (M1H, CodeM1H)