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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) :
Total - Families by number of children at home 11,775 9,945 8,835 1,100 1,830 1,525 310
Total families without children at home 4,485 4,485 3,735 750 0 0 0
Total families with children at home 7,285 5,455 5,100 355 1,830 1,520 305
1 child at home 3,270 2,145 1,935 205 1,120 925 195
2 children at home 2,880 2,320 2,215 105 560 465 95
3 or more children at home 1,135 985 945 40 150 130 15
Total children at home 12,750.0 10,020.0 9,470.0 555.0 2,730.0 2,290.0 440.0
Average number of children at home per family 1.1 1.0 1.1 0.5 1.5 1.5 1.4
Source: Statistics Canada, 2006 Census of Population, Statistics Canada catalogue no. 97-553-XCB2006008 (R3T, CodeR3T)