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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 6,065 5,255 4,005 1,250 815 575 235
Total families without children at home 2,300 2,295 1,575 720 0 0 0
Total families with children at home 3,770 2,960 2,425 530 810 580 235
1 child at home 1,580 1,080 795 280 495 375 120
2 children at home 1,440 1,195 1,025 175 240 170 70
3 or more children at home 750 685 605 75 75 30 40
Total children at home 6,930.0 5,725.0 4,835.0 895.0 1,210.0 815.0 390.0
Average number of children at home per family 1.1 1.1 1.2 0.7 1.5 1.4 1.6
Source: Statistics Canada, 2006 Census of Population, Statistics Canada catalogue no. 97-553-XCB2006008 (V1J, CodeV1J)