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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 4,465 3,520 2,440 1,080 945 735 210
Total families without children at home 1,990 1,995 1,065 925 0 0 0
Total families with children at home 2,470 1,530 1,370 155 945 735 210
1 child at home 1,545 785 715 70 760 600 155
2 children at home 730 580 510 75 150 95 50
3 or more children at home 200 165 155 10 35 35 0
Total children at home 3,705.0 2,485.0 2,230.0 250.0 1,220.0 950.0 270.0
Average number of children at home per family 0.8 0.7 0.9 0.2 1.3 1.3 1.3
Source: Statistics Canada, 2006 Census of Population, Statistics Canada catalogue no. 97-553-XCB2006008 (V5T, CodeV5T)