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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 10% but lower than 25%.
  • Data quality index showing, for the long census questionnaire (20% sample data), a global non response rate higher than or equal to 10% but lower than 25%.
Total - Families by number of children at home 6,350 4,540 2,005 2,530 1,810 1,510 300
Total families without children at home 2,635 2,640 1,010 1,625 0 0 0
Total families with children at home 3,710 1,900 995 905 1,810 1,510 300
1 child at home 2,235 970 490 480 1,270 1,000 270
2 children at home 1,050 685 345 345 360 330 30
3 or more children at home 425 245 160 85 180 185 0
Total children at home 5,805.0 3,205.0 1,755.0 1,455.0 2,600.0 2,265.0 330.0
Average number of children at home per family 0.9 0.7 0.9 0.6 1.4 1.5 1.1
Source: Statistics Canada, 2006 Census of Population, Statistics Canada catalogue no. 97-553-XCB2006008 (H1W, CodeH1W)