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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
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  • 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%.
Total - Families by number of children at home 4,375 3,125 2,610 515 1,250 1,075 180
Total families without children at home 1,255 1,255 1,025 230 0 0 0
Total families with children at home 3,120 1,870 1,580 285 1,250 1,075 180
1 child at home 1,380 660 495 165 720 595 125
2 children at home 1,065 815 710 105 255 215 35
3 or more children at home 670 395 375 15 275 260 15
Total children at home 5,780.0 3,585.0 3,145.0 435.0 2,195.0 1,945.0 250.0
Average number of children at home per family 1.3 1.1 1.2 0.8 1.8 1.8 1.4
Source: Statistics Canada, 2006 Census of Population, Statistics Canada catalogue no. 97-553-XCB2006008 (R2X, CodeR2X)