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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) :
Total - Families by number of children at home 2,330 1,810 1,425 385 520 400 115
Total families without children at home 810 810 660 150 0 0 0
Total families with children at home 1,520 995 765 230 520 405 115
1 child at home 610 335 235 105 275 190 85
2 children at home 530 380 300 80 145 120 25
3 or more children at home 380 280 230 55 95 90 0
Total children at home 2,935.0 2,055.0 1,600.0 450.0 880.0 730.0 155.0
Average number of children at home per family 1.3 1.1 1.1 1.2 1.7 1.8 1.3
Source: Statistics Canada, 2006 Census of Population, Statistics Canada catalogue no. 97-553-XCB2006008 (R9A, CodeR9A)