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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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Warning Data quality note(s)
  • 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 4,295 3,610 3,025 585 685 510 175
Total families without children at home 1,940 1,940 1,615 325 0 0 0
Total families with children at home 2,355 1,670 1,405 265 685 510 180
1 child at home 1,115 655 525 130 465 335 130
2 children at home 790 650 560 90 135 100 35
3 or more children at home 450 370 325 40 85 70 15
Total children at home 4,250.0 3,225.0 2,765.0 460.0 1,025.0 755.0 260.0
Average number of children at home per family 1.0 0.9 0.9 0.8 1.5 1.5 1.5
Source: Statistics Canada, 2006 Census of Population, Statistics Canada catalogue no. 97-553-XCB2006008 (T9A, CodeT9A)