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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 1,895 1,350 700 650 540 455 85
Total families without children at home 870 870 475 395 0 0 0
Total families with children at home 1,020 485 225 255 540 455 85
1 child at home 700 290 130 160 410 350 60
2 children at home 240 140 75 65 105 90 10
3 or more children at home 75 55 20 30 20 10 15
Total children at home 1,435.0 745.0 365.0 385.0 690.0 565.0 125.0
Average number of children at home per family 0.8 0.6 0.5 0.6 1.3 1.2 1.4
Source: Statistics Canada, 2006 Census of Population, Statistics Canada catalogue no. 97-553-XCB2006008 (G1N, CodeG1N)