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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 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 3,655 3,095 2,805 295 560 465 95
Total families without children at home 1,270 1,270 1,115 160 0 0 0
Total families with children at home 2,385 1,825 1,690 140 555 465 95
1 child at home 870 600 540 60 275 220 55
2 children at home 1,170 930 860 70 240 205 35
3 or more children at home 335 295 290 10 45 40 0
Total children at home 4,305.0 3,400.0 3,180.0 225.0 900.0 775.0 130.0
Average number of children at home per family 1.2 1.1 1.1 0.8 1.6 1.7 1.4
Source: Statistics Canada, 2006 Census of Population, Statistics Canada catalogue no. 97-553-XCB2006008 (V7H, CodeV7H)