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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 4,965 4,170 2,755 1,415 795 645 150
Total families without children at home 1,920 1,920 1,345 575 0 0 0
Total families with children at home 3,040 2,250 1,410 835 795 645 150
1 child at home 1,415 925 510 410 495 385 110
2 children at home 1,205 970 655 315 235 195 40
3 or more children at home 420 350 245 110 65 65 0
Total children at home 5,175.0 4,005.0 2,625.0 1,385.0 1,170.0 975.0 195.0
Average number of children at home per family 1.0 1.0 1.0 1.0 1.5 1.5 1.3
Source: Statistics Canada, 2006 Census of Population, Statistics Canada catalogue no. 97-553-XCB2006008 (J8L, CodeJ8L)