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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 5% but lower than 10%.
Total - Families by number of children at home 2,695 2,410 2,125 285 280 265 15
Total families without children at home 1,080 1,080 955 125 0 0 0
Total families with children at home 1,615 1,330 1,170 160 285 265 20
1 child at home 555 390 310 80 165 160 10
2 children at home 620 520 480 40 95 95 10
3 or more children at home 440 420 380 40 15 15 0
Total children at home 3,335.0 2,920.0 2,630.0 290.0 415.0 385.0 0
Average number of children at home per family 1.2 1.2 1.2 1.0 1.5 1.5 0
Source: Statistics Canada, 2006 Census of Population, Statistics Canada catalogue no. 97-553-XCB2006008 (T1G, CodeT1G)