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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 2,730 2,200 1,450 745 535 460 75
Total families without children at home 1,165 1,160 780 380 0 0 0
Total families with children at home 1,570 1,035 670 365 530 455 75
1 child at home 730 385 250 130 350 295 55
2 children at home 660 520 325 195 140 115 20
3 or more children at home 175 130 95 30 50 45 0
Total children at home 2,625.0 1,840.0 1,215.0 625.0 785.0 690.0 95.0
Average number of children at home per family 1.0 0.8 0.8 0.8 1.5 1.5 1.3
Source: Statistics Canada, 2006 Census of Population, Statistics Canada catalogue no. 97-553-XCB2006008 (J4R, CodeJ4R)