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 = J6S
| 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 |
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)