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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 3,405 2,905 1,830 1,070 500 430 65
Total families without children at home 2,185 2,185 1,225 960 0 0 0
Total families with children at home 1,220 715 605 115 500 430 65
1 child at home 785 390 330 60 395 340 55
2 children at home 365 275 225 50 85 75 20
3 or more children at home 70 50 50 0 20 20 0
Total children at home 1,725.0 1,100.0 930.0 175.0 625.0 540.0 85.0
Average number of children at home per family 0.5 0.4 0.5 0.2 1.3 1.3 1.2
Source: Statistics Canada, 2006 Census of Population, Statistics Canada catalogue no. 97-553-XCB2006008 (M5V, CodeM5V)