2006 Census of Canada: Topic-based tabulations
Topic-based tabulation: 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
Data table
Geography = M4A
| 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) :
 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%.
|
| Total - Families by number of children at home |
3,890
|
3,010
|
2,715
|
300
|
875
|
755
|
120
|
| Total families without children at home |
1,285
|
1,290
|
1,085
|
205
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
| Total families with children at home |
2,600
|
1,725
|
1,630
|
95
|
880
|
755
|
120
|
| 1 child at home |
1,305
|
745
|
705
|
35
|
560
|
480
|
80
|
| 2 children at home |
940
|
700
|
655
|
45
|
240
|
205
|
35
|
| 3 or more children at home |
350
|
275
|
270
|
10
|
75
|
70
|
10
|
| Total children at home |
4,400.0
|
3,090.0
|
2,930.0
|
160.0
|
1,305.0
|
1,135.0
|
170.0
|
| Average number of children at home per family |
1.1
|
1.0
|
1.1
|
0.5
|
1.5
|
1.5
|
1.4
|
Source: Statistics Canada, 2006 Census of Population, Statistics Canada catalogue no. 97-553-XCB2006008
(M4A, CodeM4A)