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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 6,090 5,195 4,255 945 890 765 125
Total families without children at home 2,635 2,635 1,875 755 0 0 0
Total families with children at home 3,455 2,560 2,375 185 890 760 130
1 child at home 1,630 1,060 945 115 575 495 75
2 children at home 1,410 1,175 1,110 60 240 190 50
3 or more children at home 410 330 320 10 80 80 0
Total children at home 5,780.0 4,460.0 4,190.0 270.0 1,320.0 1,125.0 195.0
Average number of children at home per family 0.9 0.9 1.0 0.3 1.5 1.5 1.5
Source: Statistics Canada, 2006 Census of Population, Statistics Canada catalogue no. 97-553-XCB2006008 (V3L, CodeV3L)