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

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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) :  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	3,575	2,720	2,010	715	855	685	170
Total families without children at home	1,515	1,515	1,010	505	0	0	0
Total families with children at home	2,060	1,205	1,000	210	855	685	175
1 child at home	1,190	590	440	145	605	475	135
2 children at home	630	440	400	45	190	155	30
3 or more children at home	235	175	155	20	60	55	0
Total children at home	3,210.0	2,025.0	1,730.0	295.0	1,180.0	970.0	215.0
Average number of children at home per family	0.9	0.7	0.9	0.4	1.4	1.4	1.2