Topic-based tabulation: 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) :  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	15,015	13,100	10,850	2,245	1,915	1,415	500
Total families without children at home	6,710	6,710	5,665	1,045	0	0	0
Total families with children at home	8,300	6,390	5,185	1,205	1,915	1,415	500
1 child at home	3,885	2,670	2,040	635	1,215	875	340
2 children at home	3,300	2,770	2,370	395	535	395	140
3 or more children at home	1,120	950	780	170	160	140	20
Total children at home	14,090.0	11,260.0	9,250.0	2,010.0	2,825.0	2,145.0	680.0
Average number of children at home per family	0.9	0.9	0.9	0.9	1.5	1.5	1.4