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 = J0B
| 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 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 |
18,915
|
16,655
|
10,615
|
6,035
|
2,265
|
1,550
|
720
|
| Total families without children at home |
8,550
|
8,550
|
5,845
|
2,705
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
| Total families with children at home |
10,365
|
8,100
|
4,770
|
3,330
|
2,265
|
1,545
|
715
|
| 1 child at home |
4,480
|
3,045
|
1,795
|
1,255
|
1,430
|
960
|
465
|
| 2 children at home |
3,800
|
3,235
|
1,780
|
1,460
|
560
|
385
|
175
|
| 3 or more children at home |
2,090
|
1,815
|
1,195
|
615
|
275
|
195
|
75
|
| Total children at home |
19,090.0
|
15,640.0
|
9,500.0
|
6,145.0
|
3,450.0
|
2,390.0
|
1,060.0
|
| Average number of children at home per family |
1.0
|
0.9
|
0.9
|
1.0
|
1.5
|
1.5
|
1.5
|
Source: Statistics Canada, 2006 Census of Population, Statistics Canada catalogue no. 97-553-XCB2006008
(J0B, CodeJ0B)