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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 7,015 6,165 5,665 495 855 690 160
Total families without children at home 1,970 1,970 1,735 240 0 0 0
Total families with children at home 5,045 4,195 3,935 255 850 690 160
1 child at home 1,835 1,300 1,205 100 535 405 125
2 children at home 2,210 1,990 1,880 110 220 190 30
3 or more children at home 1,005 895 850 50 105 95 10
Total children at home 9,565.0 8,220.0 7,750.0 470.0 1,335.0 1,120.0 215.0
Average number of children at home per family 1.4 1.3 1.4 0.9 1.6 1.6 1.3
Source: Statistics Canada, 2006 Census of Population, Statistics Canada catalogue no. 97-553-XCB2006008 (N2N, CodeN2N)