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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 10% but lower than 25%.
Total - Families by number of children at home 2,100 1,795 1,590 205 300 240 55
Total families without children at home 940 935 850 90 0 0 0
Total families with children at home 1,160 860 740 115 300 240 55
1 child at home 575 360 300 65 215 175 35
2 children at home 345 300 280 15 45 40 10
3 or more children at home 235 195 160 35 40 25 10
Total children at home 2,080.0 1,650.0 1,445.0 205.0 430.0 340.0 90.0
Average number of children at home per family 1.0 0.9 0.9 1.0 1.4 1.4 1.5
Source: Statistics Canada, 2006 Census of Population, Statistics Canada catalogue no. 97-553-XCB2006008 (T7P, CodeT7P)