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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
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  • 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%.
Total - Families by number of children at home 5,440 4,630 3,910 720 805 640 170
Total families without children at home 2,575 2,570 2,220 350 0 0 0
Total families with children at home 2,865 2,060 1,690 365 810 640 165
1 child at home 1,365 835 660 175 530 400 125
2 children at home 1,080 855 750 105 230 185 40
3 or more children at home 420 370 285 85 50 50 0
Total children at home 4,875.0 3,730.0 3,080.0 650.0 1,145.0 935.0 205.0
Average number of children at home per family 0.9 0.8 0.8 0.9 1.4 1.5 1.2
Source: Statistics Canada, 2006 Census of Population, Statistics Canada catalogue no. 97-553-XCB2006008 (B0M, CodeB0M)