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 = H7C
| 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 5% but lower than 10%.
|
| Total - Families by number of children at home |
2,180
|
1,690
|
1,170
|
520
|
485
|
405
|
80
|
| Total families without children at home |
940
|
940
|
615
|
325
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
| Total families with children at home |
1,235
|
750
|
555
|
195
|
485
|
410
|
75
|
| 1 child at home |
545
|
245
|
170
|
70
|
300
|
260
|
40
|
| 2 children at home |
530
|
375
|
275
|
100
|
150
|
110
|
40
|
| 3 or more children at home |
165
|
130
|
105
|
25
|
30
|
30
|
0
|
| Total children at home |
2,125.0
|
1,415.0
|
1,070.0
|
345.0
|
710.0
|
595.0
|
115.0
|
| Average number of children at home per family |
1.0
|
0.8
|
0.9
|
0.7
|
1.5
|
1.4
|
1.6
|
Source: Statistics Canada, 2006 Census of Population, Statistics Canada catalogue no. 97-553-XCB2006008
(H7C, CodeH7C)