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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 10% but lower than 25%.
  • Data quality index showing, for the long census questionnaire (20% sample data), a global non response rate higher than or equal to 5% but lower than 10%.
Total - Families by number of children at home 5,395 4,815 3,095 1,715 580 485 95
Total families without children at home 3,705 3,705 2,180 1,525 0 0 0
Total families with children at home 1,695 1,105 915 190 585 485 95
1 child at home 1,215 750 655 95 470 385 85
2 children at home 385 295 220 75 90 80 15
3 or more children at home 90 65 50 20 20 20 0
Total children at home 2,260.0 1,535.0 1,235.0 305.0 715.0 605.0 110.0
Average number of children at home per family 0.4 0.3 0.4 0.2 1.2 1.3 1.1
Source: Statistics Canada, 2006 Census of Population, Statistics Canada catalogue no. 97-553-XCB2006008 (V6G, CodeV6G)