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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
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  • 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%.
Total - Families by number of children at home 1,750 1,520 1,105 415 230 145 90
Total families without children at home 875 875 615 260 0 0 0
Total families with children at home 875 645 485 160 230 145 90
1 child at home 400 245 180 65 155 95 60
2 children at home 360 285 235 50 70 45 30
3 or more children at home 115 110 70 45 0 10 0
Total children at home 1,485.0 1,180.0 875.0 300.0 310.0 190.0 115.0
Average number of children at home per family 0.8 0.8 0.8 0.7 1.3 1.4 1.3
Source: Statistics Canada, 2006 Census of Population, Statistics Canada catalogue no. 97-553-XCB2006008 (J4S, CodeJ4S)