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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 2,365 1,980 1,830 145 390 330 55
Total families without children at home 850 850 755 95 0 0 0
Total families with children at home 1,520 1,125 1,080 45 385 330 60
1 child at home 710 490 480 10 220 170 50
2 children at home 625 510 485 25 115 115 0
3 or more children at home 180 125 115 15 50 45 10
Total children at home 2,505.0 1,900.0 1,795.0 100.0 605.0 525.0 80.0
Average number of children at home per family 1.1 1.0 1.0 0.7 1.6 1.6 1.3
Source: Statistics Canada, 2006 Census of Population, Statistics Canada catalogue no. 97-553-XCB2006008 (V7T, CodeV7T)