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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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  • 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 1,775 1,660 1,420 240 115 85 25
Total families without children at home 670 670 510 160 0 0 0
Total families with children at home 1,105 990 910 80 115 85 25
1 child at home 530 460 430 35 60 50 10
2 children at home 450 415 370 40 40 25 10
3 or more children at home 125 110 105 10 10 10 0
Total children at home 1,820.0 1,650.0 1,515.0 135.0 175.0 135.0 40.0
Average number of children at home per family 1.0 1.0 1.1 0.6 1.5 1.5 1.6
Source: Statistics Canada, 2006 Census of Population, Statistics Canada catalogue no. 97-553-XCB2006008 (T3M, CodeT3M)