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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%.
Total - Families by number of children at home 2,850 2,360 2,110 250 490 430 55
Total families without children at home 1,285 1,290 1,135 155 0 0 0
Total families with children at home 1,560 1,070 975 95 490 430 60
1 child at home 710 415 365 45 295 240 50
2 children at home 560 420 380 35 140 135 0
3 or more children at home 290 240 225 10 55 55 0
Total children at home 2,780.0 2,025.0 1,880.0 150.0 750.0 690.0 60.0
Average number of children at home per family 1.0 0.9 0.9 0.6 1.5 1.6 1.2
Source: Statistics Canada, 2006 Census of Population, Statistics Canada catalogue no. 97-553-XCB2006008 (R7N, CodeR7N)