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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 2,205 1,985 1,365 615 220 175 50
Total families without children at home 1,035 1,035 740 295 0 0 0
Total families with children at home 1,170 950 625 320 220 170 50
1 child at home 605 445 285 155 160 125 40
2 children at home 435 380 250 135 55 40 10
3 or more children at home 130 120 90 35 10 10 0
Total children at home 1,910.0 1,610.0 1,080.0 525.0 295.0 235.0 60.0
Average number of children at home per family 0.9 0.8 0.8 0.9 1.4 1.4 1.2
Source: Statistics Canada, 2006 Census of Population, Statistics Canada catalogue no. 97-553-XCB2006008 (G6H, CodeG6H)