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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 9,850 8,345 7,120 1,220 1,505 1,165 340
Total families without children at home 4,120 4,120 3,215 905 0 0 0
Total families with children at home 5,730 4,225 3,910 320 1,505 1,165 340
1 child at home 2,635 1,705 1,495 210 930 695 235
2 children at home 2,235 1,805 1,705 95 435 350 80
3 or more children at home 855 715 705 10 140 115 20
Total children at home 9,915.0 7,660.0 7,215.0 440.0 2,255.0 1,785.0 470.0
Average number of children at home per family 1.0 0.9 1.0 0.4 1.5 1.5 1.4
Source: Statistics Canada, 2006 Census of Population, Statistics Canada catalogue no. 97-553-XCB2006008 (T3B, CodeT3B)