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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 5,135 4,530 4,080 450 610 490 115
Total families without children at home 2,430 2,430 2,095 330 0 0 0
Total families with children at home 2,705 2,100 1,980 115 605 490 120
1 child at home 1,155 755 710 45 400 335 65
2 children at home 1,160 970 915 50 185 135 50
3 or more children at home 390 375 355 15 15 20 0
Total children at home 4,730.0 3,900.0 3,670.0 225.0 835.0 665.0 170.0
Average number of children at home per family 0.9 0.9 0.9 0.5 1.4 1.4 1.4
Source: Statistics Canada, 2006 Census of Population, Statistics Canada catalogue no. 97-553-XCB2006008 (V1V, CodeV1V)