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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 3,625 3,185 2,745 440 440 355 90
Total families without children at home 1,760 1,760 1,495 260 0 0 0
Total families with children at home 1,865 1,425 1,245 180 445 350 90
1 child at home 865 520 465 60 340 270 70
2 children at home 700 630 555 70 70 60 10
3 or more children at home 305 275 225 45 30 20 10
Total children at home 3,235.0 2,660.0 2,295.0 365.0 575.0 460.0 115.0
Average number of children at home per family 0.9 0.8 0.8 0.8 1.3 1.3 1.4
Source: Statistics Canada, 2006 Census of Population, Statistics Canada catalogue no. 97-553-XCB2006008 (V4V, CodeV4V)