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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 2,615 2,245 1,320 930 375 315 55
Total families without children at home 1,740 1,740 905 835 0 0 0
Total families with children at home 875 500 410 90 370 315 55
1 child at home 625 300 250 55 320 270 50
2 children at home 185 145 120 20 40 35 0
3 or more children at home 70 60 45 20 10 10 0
Total children at home 1,210.0 780.0 630.0 150.0 435.0 375.0 60.0
Average number of children at home per family 0.5 0.3 0.5 0.2 1.2 1.2 1.1
Source: Statistics Canada, 2006 Census of Population, Statistics Canada catalogue no. 97-553-XCB2006008 (K2P, CodeK2P)