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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 5% but lower than 10%.
Total - Families by number of children at home 5,290 4,425 3,550 875 865 735 130
Total families without children at home 2,120 2,115 1,535 585 0 0 0
Total families with children at home 3,175 2,310 2,015 295 860 735 130
1 child at home 1,285 830 710 120 450 360 90
2 children at home 1,235 990 880 110 245 220 30
3 or more children at home 650 490 430 60 165 160 0
Total children at home 5,940.0 4,455.0 3,920.0 535.0 1,485.0 1,310.0 175.0
Average number of children at home per family 1.1 1.0 1.1 0.6 1.7 1.8 1.4
Source: Statistics Canada, 2006 Census of Population, Statistics Canada catalogue no. 97-553-XCB2006008 (V8G, CodeV8G)