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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 10% but lower than 25%.
  • Data quality index showing, for the long census questionnaire (20% sample data), a global non response rate higher than or equal to 10% but lower than 25%.
Total - Families by number of children at home 2,600 2,035 1,420 620 565 440 125
Total families without children at home 1,010 1,015 725 290 0 0 0
Total families with children at home 1,595 1,025 695 325 565 440 130
1 child at home 740 395 250 140 340 265 75
2 children at home 545 380 245 130 165 120 40
3 or more children at home 310 250 200 55 55 45 10
Total children at home 2,860.0 1,995.0 1,415.0 580.0 865.0 670.0 190.0
Average number of children at home per family 1.1 1.0 1.0 0.9 1.5 1.5 1.6
Source: Statistics Canada, 2006 Census of Population, Statistics Canada catalogue no. 97-553-XCB2006008 (V0T, CodeV0T)