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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 10% but lower than 25%.
  • Data quality index showing, for the long census questionnaire (20% sample data), a global non response rate higher than or equal to 10% but lower than 25%.
Total - Families by number of children at home 1,590 1,300 930 365 290 200 90
Total families without children at home 710 710 545 170 0 0 0
Total families with children at home 880 585 385 200 290 200 90
1 child at home 390 225 140 80 165 115 45
2 children at home 280 200 155 45 80 45 30
3 or more children at home 210 160 90 75 45 40 15
Total children at home 1,700.0 1,200.0 750.0 450.0 495.0 340.0 155.0
Average number of children at home per family 1.1 0.9 0.8 1.2 1.7 1.7 1.7
Source: Statistics Canada, 2006 Census of Population, Statistics Canada catalogue no. 97-553-XCB2006008 (V0L, CodeV0L)