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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)
  • Excludes census data for one or more incompletely enumerated Indian reserves or Indian settlements.
  • 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 267,495 223,035 194,170 28,865 44,455 35,185 9,275
Total families without children at home 110,840 110,840 95,415 15,425 0 0 0
Total families with children at home 156,650 112,195 98,755 13,440 44,460 35,185 9,275
1 child at home 65,290 39,565 33,710 5,850 25,725 19,815 5,905
2 children at home 57,165 45,495 41,195 4,305 11,670 9,370 2,300
3 or more children at home 34,200 27,135 23,850 3,285 7,065 6,000 1,065
Total children at home 297,240.0 223,245.0 196,555.0 26,690.0 73,995.0 59,705.0 14,290.0
Average number of children at home per family 1.1 1.0 1.0 0.9 1.7 1.7 1.5
Source: Statistics Canada, 2006 Census of Population, Statistics Canada catalogue no. 97-553-XCB2006008 (Saskatchewan, Code47)