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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 2,165 1,340 1,025 310 825 680 150
Total families without children at home 625 625 465 160 0 0 0
Total families with children at home 1,540 710 560 150 830 675 150
1 child at home 810 315 220 95 495 410 90
2 children at home 465 255 210 40 210 175 35
3 or more children at home 260 140 125 15 120 95 25
Total children at home 2,640.0 1,330.0 1,095.0 235.0 1,310.0 1,070.0 240.0
Average number of children at home per family 1.2 1.0 1.1 0.8 1.6 1.6 1.6
Source: Statistics Canada, 2006 Census of Population, Statistics Canada catalogue no. 97-553-XCB2006008 (R3B, CodeR3B)