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

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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) :  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	6,100	5,340	4,395	945	760	550	210
Total families without children at home	2,450	2,450	1,990	460	0	0	0
Total families with children at home	3,645	2,890	2,405	485	760	550	210
1 child at home	1,570	1,125	890	235	450	290	155
2 children at home	1,440	1,195	990	205	240	205	35
3 or more children at home	635	565	520	45	70	55	15
Total children at home	6,550.0	5,410.0	4,610.0	805.0	1,140.0	865.0	275.0
Average number of children at home per family	1.1	1.0	1.0	0.9	1.5	1.6	1.3