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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 10% but lower than 25%.
Total - Families by number of children at home 2,425 1,775 1,200 575 650 530 120
Total families without children at home 955 955 710 250 0 0 0
Total families with children at home 1,470 820 495 325 655 535 115
1 child at home 805 375 225 150 430 335 90
2 children at home 380 235 170 60 145 125 25
3 or more children at home 285 210 100 105 80 70 0
Total children at home 2,480.0 1,515.0 860.0 650.0 965.0 810.0 155.0
Average number of children at home per family 1.0 0.9 0.7 1.1 1.5 1.5 1.3
Source: Statistics Canada, 2006 Census of Population, Statistics Canada catalogue no. 97-553-XCB2006008 (V2L, CodeV2L)