2006 Census of Canada: Topic-based tabulations
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
Data table
Geography = V8G
| 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 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)