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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 510 395 235 155 120 75 45
Total families without children at home 195 195 120 75 0 0 0
Total families with children at home 315 200 115 85 120 75 45
1 child at home 165 80 50 35 80 45 35
2 children at home 90 70 40 30 25 25 10
3 or more children at home 55 50 30 20 10 0 0
Total children at home 560.0 395.0 235.0 155.0 170.0 115.0 55.0
Average number of children at home per family 1.1 1.0 1.0 1.0 1.5 1.6 1.1
Source: Statistics Canada, 2006 Census of Population, Statistics Canada catalogue no. 97-553-XCB2006008 (Y0A, CodeY0A)