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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 1,285 1,090 970 125 195 150 45
Total families without children at home 505 505 415 90 0 0 0
Total families with children at home 780 590 555 35 195 150 40
1 child at home 435 300 275 25 135 95 40
2 children at home 275 230 220 10 45 40 0
3 or more children at home 75 55 55 0 20 15 0
Total children at home 1,225.0 955.0 910.0 45.0 270.0 225.0 40.0
Average number of children at home per family 1.0 0.9 0.9 0.4 1.4 1.5 1.1
Source: Statistics Canada, 2006 Census of Population, Statistics Canada catalogue no. 97-553-XCB2006008 (E5C, CodeE5C)