Topic-based tabulation: 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) :  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 10% but lower than 25%.
Total - Families by number of children at home	11,870	10,515	8,700	1,820	1,355	945	415
Total families without children at home	5,470	5,475	4,410	1,060	0	0	0
Total families with children at home	6,395	5,045	4,285	760	1,350	940	410
1 child at home	2,555	1,755	1,390	370	795	520	275
2 children at home	2,250	1,940	1,730	205	310	220	90
3 or more children at home	1,590	1,345	1,165	180	250	200	50
Total children at home	12,485.0	10,170.0	8,740.0	1,430.0	2,310.0	1,690.0	625.0
Average number of children at home per family	1.1	1.0	1.0	0.8	1.7	1.8	1.5