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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
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  • 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)