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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 1,970 1,715 1,460 255 250 205 45
Total families without children at home 775 770 665 110 0 0 0
Total families with children at home 1,195 945 795 145 250 205 45
1 child at home 475 315 245 60 165 130 35
2 children at home 375 340 290 45 35 30 0
3 or more children at home 345 290 250 40 55 45 10
Total children at home 2,545.0 2,130.0 1,845.0 285.0 415.0 340.0 70.0
Average number of children at home per family 1.3 1.2 1.3 1.1 1.7 1.7 1.6
Source: Statistics Canada, 2006 Census of Population, Statistics Canada catalogue no. 97-553-XCB2006008 (P0W, CodeP0W)