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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 2,485 2,240 1,960 280 245 210 35
Total families without children at home 1,290 1,290 1,100 190 0 0 0
Total families with children at home 1,200 950 860 90 245 210 35
1 child at home 500 340 315 30 155 130 25
2 children at home 500 415 385 30 80 65 15
3 or more children at home 205 195 160 35 10 10 0
Total children at home 2,135.0 1,790.0 1,575.0 215.0 345.0 295.0 50.0
Average number of children at home per family 0.9 0.8 0.8 0.8 1.4 1.4 1.4
Source: Statistics Canada, 2006 Census of Population, Statistics Canada catalogue no. 97-553-XCB2006008 (V1H, CodeV1H)