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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
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  • 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%.
Total - Families by number of children at home 2,640 2,190 1,770 420 455 375 80
Total families without children at home 1,160 1,160 975 180 0 0 0
Total families with children at home 1,480 1,025 790 240 455 375 75
1 child at home 730 450 340 110 275 215 60
2 children at home 585 460 355 100 130 110 15
3 or more children at home 165 115 90 20 50 45 0
Total children at home 2,435.0 1,740.0 1,335.0 405.0 695.0 595.0 100.0
Average number of children at home per family 0.9 0.8 0.8 1.0 1.5 1.6 1.3
Source: Statistics Canada, 2006 Census of Population, Statistics Canada catalogue no. 97-553-XCB2006008 (P2B, CodeP2B)