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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 1,040 860 775 85 180 160 25
Total families without children at home 330 330 255 75 0 0 0
Total families with children at home 710 530 520 10 180 160 20
1 child at home 305 210 205 0 95 90 0
2 children at home 260 205 205 0 55 40 15
3 or more children at home 145 115 105 0 25 25 0
Total children at home 1,290.0 1,000.0 975.0 25.0 285.0 245.0 40.0
Average number of children at home per family 1.2 1.2 1.3 0.3 1.6 1.6 2.0
Source: Statistics Canada, 2006 Census of Population, Statistics Canada catalogue no. 97-553-XCB2006008 (H4P, CodeH4P)