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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
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  • 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 4,705 3,690 2,955 735 1,015 805 210
Total families without children at home 1,825 1,825 1,410 415 0 0 0
Total families with children at home 2,880 1,865 1,545 320 1,020 805 210
1 child at home 1,435 795 630 160 640 520 120
2 children at home 970 730 630 105 240 185 55
3 or more children at home 475 345 285 55 130 105 30
Total children at home 4,995.0 3,380.0 2,815.0 570.0 1,610.0 1,280.0 330.0
Average number of children at home per family 1.1 0.9 1.0 0.8 1.6 1.6 1.6
Source: Statistics Canada, 2006 Census of Population, Statistics Canada catalogue no. 97-553-XCB2006008 (T5L, CodeT5L)