2006 Census of Canada: Topic-based tabulations
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
Data table
Geography = V7K
| 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 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 |
3,425
|
2,990
|
2,720
|
270
|
435
|
345
|
95
|
| Total families without children at home |
1,065
|
1,065
|
920
|
145
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
| Total families with children at home |
2,355
|
1,920
|
1,795
|
125
|
435
|
345
|
95
|
| 1 child at home |
980
|
690
|
610
|
80
|
295
|
225
|
70
|
| 2 children at home |
1,015
|
910
|
875
|
35
|
100
|
85
|
20
|
| 3 or more children at home |
360
|
320
|
310
|
10
|
40
|
35
|
10
|
| Total children at home |
4,175.0
|
3,550.0
|
3,365.0
|
185.0
|
625.0
|
495.0
|
130.0
|
| Average number of children at home per family |
1.2
|
1.2
|
1.2
|
0.7
|
1.4
|
1.5
|
1.4
|
Source: Statistics Canada, 2006 Census of Population, Statistics Canada catalogue no. 97-553-XCB2006008
(V7K, CodeV7K)