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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 550 520 480 40 30 15 10
Total families without children at home 420 420 390 30 0 0 0
Total families with children at home 130 100 90 10 30 15 15
1 child at home 60 45 35 10 20 10 15
2 children at home 50 45 45 0 10 10 0
3 or more children at home 15 10 10 0 10 0 0
Total children at home 225.0 170.0 160.0 10.0 60.0 0 0
Average number of children at home per family 0.4 0.3 0.3 0.3 2.0 0 0
Source: Statistics Canada, 2006 Census of Population, Statistics Canada catalogue no. 97-553-XCB2006008 (N7W, CodeN7W)