2006 Census of Canada: Topic-based tabulations
Topic-based tabulation: 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
Data table
Geography = M5S
| 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) :
 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 10% but lower than 25%.
|
| Total - Families by number of children at home |
2,410
|
2,050
|
1,545
|
500
|
360
|
300
|
55
|
| Total families without children at home |
1,310
|
1,310
|
860
|
450
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
| Total families with children at home |
1,100
|
740
|
685
|
55
|
365
|
305
|
60
|
| 1 child at home |
640
|
360
|
325
|
30
|
280
|
230
|
50
|
| 2 children at home |
335
|
285
|
270
|
20
|
45
|
35
|
10
|
| 3 or more children at home |
125
|
90
|
90
|
0
|
35
|
35
|
0
|
| Total children at home |
1,705.0
|
1,220.0
|
1,150.0
|
75.0
|
480.0
|
415.0
|
70.0
|
| Average number of children at home per family |
0.7
|
0.6
|
0.7
|
0.1
|
1.3
|
1.3
|
1.2
|
Source: Statistics Canada, 2006 Census of Population, Statistics Canada catalogue no. 97-553-XCB2006008
(M5S, CodeM5S)