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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 1,595 1,415 1,270 140 180 175 10
Total families without children at home 705 705 615 90 0 0 0
Total families with children at home 890 710 655 50 185 170 10
1 child at home 300 205 190 15 95 85 0
2 children at home 425 350 320 30 75 70 0
3 or more children at home 175 160 145 10 20 15 0
Total children at home 1,760.0 1,460.0 1,345.0 115.0 300.0 280.0 15.0
Average number of children at home per family 1.1 1.0 1.1 0.8 1.6 1.6 1.5
Source: Statistics Canada, 2006 Census of Population, Statistics Canada catalogue no. 97-553-XCB2006008 (T9X, CodeT9X)