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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 3,640 2,610 2,155 455 1,025 775 255
Total families without children at home 1,365 1,365 970 395 0 0 0
Total families with children at home 2,275 1,245 1,185 65 1,025 775 250
1 child at home 1,240 625 575 45 615 465 150
2 children at home 675 400 385 15 280 190 85
3 or more children at home 360 220 225 10 130 120 20
Total children at home 3,910.0 2,245.0 2,165.0 80.0 1,665.0 1,290.0 375.0
Average number of children at home per family 1.1 0.9 1.0 0.2 1.6 1.7 1.5
Source: Statistics Canada, 2006 Census of Population, Statistics Canada catalogue no. 97-553-XCB2006008 (M5T, CodeM5T)