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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 4,190 3,010 2,050 960 1,180 960 220
Total families without children at home 1,890 1,890 1,180 710 0 0 0
Total families with children at home 2,305 1,125 870 255 1,180 960 215
1 child at home 1,470 635 455 185 825 685 145
2 children at home 610 355 300 55 250 195 50
3 or more children at home 225 130 115 10 100 80 20
Total children at home 3,455.0 1,800.0 1,465.0 330.0 1,650.0 1,335.0 315.0
Average number of children at home per family 0.8 0.6 0.7 0.3 1.4 1.4 1.5
Source: Statistics Canada, 2006 Census of Population, Statistics Canada catalogue no. 97-553-XCB2006008 (K1L, CodeK1L)