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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 710 515 295 215 195 140 50
Total families without children at home 205 205 105 95 0 0 0
Total families with children at home 505 310 185 120 195 140 50
1 child at home 240 135 80 55 105 70 35
2 children at home 165 105 70 40 60 45 10
3 or more children at home 100 65 35 35 35 30 10
Total children at home 935.0 595.0 360.0 235.0 345.0 260.0 80.0
Average number of children at home per family 1.3 1.2 1.2 1.1 1.7 1.9 1.5
Source: Statistics Canada, 2006 Census of Population, Statistics Canada catalogue no. 97-553-XCB2006008 (T0P, CodeT0P)