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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 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 4,395 3,545 3,035 515 850 680 170
Total families without children at home 1,765 1,760 1,535 225 0 0 0
Total families with children at home 2,635 1,780 1,495 285 850 680 170
1 child at home 1,145 700 585 115 445 340 105
2 children at home 1,045 760 630 125 285 225 60
3 or more children at home 440 325 280 40 120 115 0
Total children at home 4,780.0 3,330.0 2,810.0 515.0 1,450.0 1,215.0 240.0
Average number of children at home per family 1.1 0.9 0.9 1.0 1.7 1.8 1.5
Source: Statistics Canada, 2006 Census of Population, Statistics Canada catalogue no. 97-553-XCB2006008 (R1N, CodeR1N)