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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 2,695 2,440 2,145 295 255 190 70
Total families without children at home 1,245 1,240 1,025 215 0 0 0
Total families with children at home 1,450 1,195 1,120 75 255 190 70
1 child at home 580 375 340 35 200 135 60
2 children at home 655 620 580 35 40 35 10
3 or more children at home 220 200 190 10 15 15 0
Total children at home 2,590.0 2,260.0 2,130.0 135.0 325.0 255.0 75.0
Average number of children at home per family 1.0 0.9 1.0 0.5 1.3 1.3 1.1
Source: Statistics Canada, 2006 Census of Population, Statistics Canada catalogue no. 97-553-XCB2006008 (V1S, CodeV1S)