Topic-based tabulation: 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) :  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 10% but lower than 25%.
Total - Families by number of children at home	14,080	12,300	10,470	1,825	1,780	1,355	425
Total families without children at home	6,170	6,165	5,215	950	0	0	0
Total families with children at home	7,910	6,130	5,255	875	1,780	1,360	425
1 child at home	3,110	2,065	1,670	400	1,045	795	250
2 children at home	2,735	2,300	2,060	235	440	335	105
3 or more children at home	2,065	1,765	1,525	240	300	230	65
Total children at home	16,050.0	13,045.0	11,270.0	1,775.0	3,005.0	2,300.0	705.0
Average number of children at home per family	1.1	1.1	1.1	1.0	1.7	1.7	1.7