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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 7,660 6,240 5,290 950 1,420 1,165 255
Total families without children at home 3,145 3,140 2,570 575 0 0 0
Total families with children at home 4,515 3,095 2,720 380 1,420 1,165 255
1 child at home 2,195 1,295 1,130 165 900 695 205
2 children at home 1,690 1,335 1,190 140 360 310 50
3 or more children at home 625 465 395 75 160 160 0
Total children at home 7,670.0 5,515.0 4,825.0 695.0 2,155.0 1,850.0 305.0
Average number of children at home per family 1.0 0.9 0.9 0.7 1.5 1.6 1.2
Source: Statistics Canada, 2006 Census of Population, Statistics Canada catalogue no. 97-553-XCB2006008 (P7B, CodeP7B)