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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 10% but lower than 25%.
Total - Families by number of children at home 3,570 3,205 2,715 490 365 240 130
Total families without children at home 1,790 1,790 1,555 230 0 0 0
Total families with children at home 1,780 1,415 1,155 260 365 235 125
1 child at home 800 570 435 135 235 145 85
2 children at home 700 625 530 95 80 40 35
3 or more children at home 275 225 195 25 50 50 0
Total children at home 3,130.0 2,565.0 2,145.0 420.0 565.0 400.0 165.0
Average number of children at home per family 0.9 0.8 0.8 0.9 1.5 1.7 1.3
Source: Statistics Canada, 2006 Census of Population, Statistics Canada catalogue no. 97-553-XCB2006008 (P0K, CodeP0K)