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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 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 1,980 1,695 960 730 290 265 25
Total families without children at home 745 750 480 270 0 0 0
Total families with children at home 1,235 940 480 465 290 260 30
1 child at home 660 475 215 260 180 165 20
2 children at home 445 355 200 155 90 85 0
3 or more children at home 125 110 65 50 20 15 0
Total children at home 1,960.0 1,540.0 815.0 725.0 415.0 375.0 40.0
Average number of children at home per family 1.0 0.9 0.8 1.0 1.4 1.4 1.4
Source: Statistics Canada, 2006 Census of Population, Statistics Canada catalogue no. 97-553-XCB2006008 (G2N, CodeG2N)