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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 6,780 5,885 5,300 585 890 705 185
Total families without children at home 2,550 2,550 2,175 375 0 0 0
Total families with children at home 4,225 3,340 3,125 210 890 705 185
1 child at home 1,740 1,200 1,120 75 540 410 130
2 children at home 1,790 1,530 1,455 75 260 220 40
3 or more children at home 695 610 550 60 85 75 15
Total children at home 7,630.0 6,285.0 5,850.0 435.0 1,345.0 1,090.0 255.0
Average number of children at home per family 1.1 1.1 1.1 0.7 1.5 1.5 1.4
Source: Statistics Canada, 2006 Census of Population, Statistics Canada catalogue no. 97-553-XCB2006008 (V4K, CodeV4K)