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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 2,955 2,375 1,795 580 580 480 100
Total families without children at home 1,285 1,285 930 360 0 0 0
Total families with children at home 1,670 1,085 865 225 580 480 100
1 child at home 885 465 350 115 420 340 80
2 children at home 590 450 395 55 140 120 20
3 or more children at home 190 170 115 55 20 20 0
Total children at home 2,685.0 1,920.0 1,530.0 390.0 760.0 640.0 120.0
Average number of children at home per family 0.9 0.8 0.9 0.7 1.3 1.3 1.1
Source: Statistics Canada, 2006 Census of Population, Statistics Canada catalogue no. 97-553-XCB2006008 (H1J, CodeH1J)