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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 6,485 5,285 3,290 1,990 1,200 915 290
Total families without children at home 2,705 2,705 1,830 875 0 0 0
Total families with children at home 3,785 2,580 1,460 1,120 1,205 915 290
1 child at home 1,830 1,065 640 430 765 585 180
2 children at home 1,485 1,125 590 530 360 250 110
3 or more children at home 465 390 235 160 75 75 0
Total children at home 6,280.0 4,540.0 2,550.0 1,990.0 1,740.0 1,340.0 400.0
Average number of children at home per family 1.0 0.9 0.8 1.0 1.4 1.5 1.4
Source: Statistics Canada, 2006 Census of Population, Statistics Canada catalogue no. 97-553-XCB2006008 (J6S, CodeJ6S)