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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
Note(s) :
Warning 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%.
  • 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 3,495 2,940 2,830 110 565 495 65
Total families without children at home 1,055 1,050 1,005 50 0 0 0
Total families with children at home 2,445 1,885 1,825 60 560 490 65
1 child at home 925 675 655 20 245 215 30
2 children at home 935 755 720 30 180 160 20
3 or more children at home 590 455 445 0 135 120 15
Total children at home 4,800.0 3,735.0 3,630.0 100.0 1,060.0 945.0 120.0
Average number of children at home per family 1.4 1.3 1.3 1.0 1.9 1.9 1.8
Source: Statistics Canada, 2006 Census of Population, Statistics Canada catalogue no. 97-553-XCB2006008 (M9L, CodeM9L)