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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 6,595 5,320 4,375 945 1,275 1,065 205
Total families without children at home 2,755 2,755 2,210 550 0 0 0
Total families with children at home 3,835 2,560 2,165 395 1,270 1,065 205
1 child at home 1,910 1,040 875 170 870 720 150
2 children at home 1,360 1,035 920 120 320 275 50
3 or more children at home 565 480 375 105 85 75 10
Total children at home 6,600.0 4,785.0 4,015.0 770.0 1,815.0 1,535.0 280.0
Average number of children at home per family 1.0 0.9 0.9 0.8 1.4 1.4 1.3
Source: Statistics Canada, 2006 Census of Population, Statistics Canada catalogue no. 97-553-XCB2006008 (T1H, CodeT1H)