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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) :
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%.
  • 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 20,245 17,770 14,585 3,185 2,470 1,930 540
Total families without children at home 10,865 10,860 8,845 2,015 0 0 0
Total families with children at home 9,380 6,910 5,735 1,175 2,470 1,935 540
1 child at home 4,270 2,730 2,170 565 1,540 1,155 385
2 children at home 3,335 2,655 2,230 425 675 545 135
3 or more children at home 1,775 1,520 1,335 185 255 230 25
Total children at home 16,780.0 13,060.0 11,030.0 2,030.0 3,720.0 3,005.0 720.0
Average number of children at home per family 0.8 0.7 0.8 0.6 1.5 1.6 1.3
Source: Statistics Canada, 2006 Census of Population, Statistics Canada catalogue no. 97-553-XCB2006008 (V0E, CodeV0E)