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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 4,735 4,175 3,445 725 560 435 130
Total families without children at home 2,505 2,505 1,945 560 0 0 0
Total families with children at home 2,230 1,670 1,500 165 560 430 125
1 child at home 1,070 710 630 80 355 255 100
2 children at home 895 735 670 65 165 130 30
3 or more children at home 265 220 205 20 45 40 0
Total children at home 3,705.0 2,895.0 2,620.0 270.0 810.0 655.0 160.0
Average number of children at home per family 0.8 0.7 0.8 0.4 1.4 1.5 1.2
Source: Statistics Canada, 2006 Census of Population, Statistics Canada catalogue no. 97-553-XCB2006008 (V8S, CodeV8S)