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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 1,820 1,220 1,080 145 600 525 75
Total families without children at home 550 550 485 60 0 0 0
Total families with children at home 1,275 670 590 80 600 520 75
1 child at home 720 355 305 55 360 300 65
2 children at home 390 225 205 15 165 155 10
3 or more children at home 165 90 75 15 70 70 0
Total children at home 2,010.0 1,090.0 955.0 135.0 920.0 825.0 95.0
Average number of children at home per family 1.1 0.9 0.9 0.9 1.5 1.6 1.3
Source: Statistics Canada, 2006 Census of Population, Statistics Canada catalogue no. 97-553-XCB2006008 (B1N, CodeB1N)