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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) :
Total - Families by number of children at home 1,065 995 930 70 70 65 0
Total families without children at home 215 215 180 30 0 0 0
Total families with children at home 850 780 745 35 70 65 0
1 child at home 310 265 235 25 50 45 0
2 children at home 370 355 345 10 15 15 0
3 or more children at home 165 160 165 0 10 10 0
Total children at home 1,595.0 1,500.0 1,455.0 45.0 95.0 90.0 0
Average number of children at home per family 1.5 1.5 1.6 0.6 1.4 1.4 0
Source: Statistics Canada, 2006 Census of Population, Statistics Canada catalogue no. 97-553-XCB2006008 (N1C, CodeN1C)