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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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  • 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 2,610 2,250 1,920 325 355 255 105
Total families without children at home 1,320 1,320 1,135 180 0 0 0
Total families with children at home 1,290 930 785 145 360 255 105
1 child at home 635 385 340 40 250 155 95
2 children at home 460 380 320 60 80 75 10
3 or more children at home 190 165 125 40 25 25 0
Total children at home 2,185.0 1,680.0 1,385.0 300.0 500.0 390.0 110.0
Average number of children at home per family 0.8 0.7 0.7 0.9 1.4 1.5 1.0
Source: Statistics Canada, 2006 Census of Population, Statistics Canada catalogue no. 97-553-XCB2006008 (V1R, CodeV1R)