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

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Geography = M8X 

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 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	2,765	2,470	2,285	185	295	240	50
Total families without children at home	1,100	1,100	965	140	0	0	0
Total families with children at home	1,665	1,370	1,325	40	295	240	55
1 child at home	685	500	475	25	185	165	15
2 children at home	705	600	580	20	100	65	35
3 or more children at home	275	265	265	0	10	10	0
Total children at home	2,995.0	2,580.0	2,520.0	60.0	415.0	325.0	90.0
Average number of children at home per family	1.1	1.0	1.1	0.3	1.4	1.4	1.8