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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 5% but lower than 10%.
Total - Families by number of children at home 7,650 6,085 4,405 1,675 1,565 1,265 300
Total families without children at home 3,655 3,655 2,355 1,295 0 0 0
Total families with children at home 3,995 2,430 2,055 380 1,565 1,265 300
1 child at home 2,360 1,215 995 220 1,140 905 240
2 children at home 1,215 910 780 125 300 250 50
3 or more children at home 425 305 275 25 120 110 10
Total children at home 6,135.0 4,020.0 3,445.0 575.0 2,115.0 1,735.0 375.0
Average number of children at home per family 0.8 0.7 0.8 0.3 1.3 1.4 1.2
Source: Statistics Canada, 2006 Census of Population, Statistics Canada catalogue no. 97-553-XCB2006008 (T2E, CodeT2E)