Topic-based tabulation: 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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Geography = British Columbia / Colombie-Britannique 

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) :  Data quality note(s) Excludes census data for one or more incompletely enumerated Indian reserves or Indian settlements. 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	1,161,420	986,260	844,430	141,830	175,165	139,770	35,390
Total families without children at home	479,400	479,395	387,780	91,620	0	0	0
Total families with children at home	682,025	506,860	456,650	50,205	175,160	139,770	35,390
1 child at home	303,330	194,830	169,430	25,400	108,495	84,820	23,675
2 children at home	269,155	218,865	201,840	17,025	50,290	41,330	8,960
3 or more children at home	109,535	93,160	85,380	7,785	16,375	13,615	2,760
Total children at home	1,202,145.0	939,570.0	853,940.0	85,630.0	262,575.0	212,025.0	50,550.0
Average number of children at home per family	1.0	1.0	1.0	0.6	1.5	1.5	1.4