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 = T5K
| 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 |
4,215
|
3,650
|
2,465
|
1,185
|
560
|
455
|
110
|
| Total families without children at home |
3,025
|
3,025
|
1,910
|
1,115
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
| Total families with children at home |
1,185
|
620
|
550
|
65
|
565
|
450
|
110
|
| 1 child at home |
815
|
350
|
305
|
45
|
460
|
360
|
105
|
| 2 children at home |
310
|
220
|
200
|
20
|
90
|
85
|
0
|
| 3 or more children at home |
65
|
50
|
50
|
0
|
10
|
10
|
0
|
| Total children at home |
1,635.0
|
960.0
|
865.0
|
90.0
|
680.0
|
555.0
|
125.0
|
| Average number of children at home per family |
0.4
|
0.3
|
0.4
|
0.1
|
1.2
|
1.2
|
1.1
|
Source: Statistics Canada, 2006 Census of Population, Statistics Canada catalogue no. 97-553-XCB2006008
(T5K, CodeT5K)