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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 short census questionnaire (100% data), a global non response rate higher than or equal to 5% but lower than 10%.
Total - Families by number of children at home 8,690 7,225 6,015 1,210 1,465 1,215 245
Total families without children at home 3,125 3,125 2,485 640 0 0 0
Total families with children at home 5,565 4,100 3,525 575 1,465 1,215 245
1 child at home 2,290 1,450 1,165 280 840 680 160
2 children at home 2,230 1,750 1,550 205 480 410 60
3 or more children at home 1,045 900 815 80 145 125 20
Total children at home 10,245.0 7,975.0 7,020.0 955.0 2,270.0 1,920.0 350.0
Average number of children at home per family 1.2 1.1 1.2 0.8 1.5 1.6 1.4
Source: Statistics Canada, 2006 Census of Population, Statistics Canada catalogue no. 97-553-XCB2006008 (V2V, CodeV2V)