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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) :
Total - Families by number of children at home 1,005 855 565 290 150 115 40
Total families without children at home 235 235 140 100 0 0 0
Total families with children at home 770 615 420 195 155 115 35
1 child at home 235 165 75 85 75 60 15
2 children at home 445 380 305 70 65 40 25
3 or more children at home 90 75 40 35 15 15 0
Total children at home 1,415.0 1,165.0 830.0 340.0 245.0 185.0 60.0
Average number of children at home per family 1.4 1.4 1.5 1.2 1.6 1.6 1.7
Source: Statistics Canada, 2006 Census of Population, Statistics Canada catalogue no. 97-553-XCB2006008 (J3Z, CodeJ3Z)