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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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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%.
Total - Families by number of children at home 3,495 2,995 1,845 1,145 505 405 95
Total families without children at home 1,830 1,830 1,120 715 0 0 0
Total families with children at home 1,665 1,165 730 435 505 405 95
1 child at home 845 505 275 225 340 285 55
2 children at home 595 455 280 170 140 100 40
3 or more children at home 225 205 170 40 20 15 10
Total children at home 2,750.0 2,070.0 1,385.0 685.0 680.0 540.0 145.0
Average number of children at home per family 0.8 0.7 0.7 0.6 1.4 1.3 1.4
Source: Statistics Canada, 2006 Census of Population, Statistics Canada catalogue no. 97-553-XCB2006008 (J1L, CodeJ1L)