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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 2,760 2,440 2,035 405 315 240 75
Total families without children at home 1,255 1,255 1,010 245 0 0 0
Total families with children at home 1,505 1,190 1,025 165 315 235 80
1 child at home 680 480 380 100 195 135 65
2 children at home 595 505 465 35 95 80 15
3 or more children at home 230 200 175 30 25 25 0
Total children at home 2,615.0 2,145.0 1,870.0 270.0 475.0 375.0 95.0
Average number of children at home per family 0.9 0.9 0.9 0.7 1.5 1.6 1.2
Source: Statistics Canada, 2006 Census of Population, Statistics Canada catalogue no. 97-553-XCB2006008 (V9X, CodeV9X)