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

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Geography = E7M 

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 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	2,815	2,360	1,990	375	450	395	50
Total families without children at home	1,110	1,115	925	190	0	0	0
Total families with children at home	1,700	1,250	1,070	180	450	395	55
1 child at home	805	505	410	100	295	255	35
2 children at home	595	480	420	55	115	115	0
3 or more children at home	300	260	235	25	40	25	15
Total children at home	2,975.0	2,325.0	2,015.0	310.0	645.0	565.0	80.0
Average number of children at home per family	1.1	1.0	1.0	0.8	1.4	1.4	1.5