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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 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)