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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 5,270 4,545 3,815 730 720 525 200
Total families without children at home 2,660 2,665 2,235 420 0 0 0
Total families with children at home 2,605 1,885 1,570 310 720 520 200
1 child at home 1,230 725 570 160 500 355 150
2 children at home 975 810 695 115 165 120 45
3 or more children at home 400 350 310 35 50 40 10
Total children at home 4,510.0 3,500.0 2,990.0 505.0 1,010.0 750.0 260.0
Average number of children at home per family 0.9 0.8 0.8 0.7 1.4 1.4 1.3
Source: Statistics Canada, 2006 Census of Population, Statistics Canada catalogue no. 97-553-XCB2006008 (V8A, CodeV8A)