2006 Census of Canada: Topic-based tabulations
Topic-based tabulation: 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
Data table
Geography = V2B
| 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) :
 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 |
10,415
|
8,220
|
6,695
|
1,525
|
2,195
|
1,770
|
425
|
| Total families without children at home |
4,340
|
4,340
|
3,440
|
900
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
| Total families with children at home |
6,075
|
3,880
|
3,255
|
630
|
2,195
|
1,770
|
425
|
| 1 child at home |
2,890
|
1,610
|
1,325
|
290
|
1,280
|
975
|
300
|
| 2 children at home |
2,260
|
1,590
|
1,345
|
245
|
670
|
565
|
105
|
| 3 or more children at home |
925
|
680
|
585
|
95
|
240
|
230
|
15
|
| Total children at home |
10,435.0
|
7,000.0
|
5,895.0
|
1,105.0
|
3,430.0
|
2,870.0
|
565.0
|
| Average number of children at home per family |
1.0
|
0.9
|
0.9
|
0.7
|
1.6
|
1.6
|
1.3
|
Source: Statistics Canada, 2006 Census of Population, Statistics Canada catalogue no. 97-553-XCB2006008
(V2B, CodeV2B)