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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 4,220 3,645 2,125 1,515 575 385 190
Total families without children at home 2,540 2,535 1,320 1,220 0 0 0
Total families with children at home 1,680 1,105 810 295 575 385 190
1 child at home 890 495 385 105 400 245 150
2 children at home 550 425 285 135 130 100 30
3 or more children at home 235 185 140 50 45 40 0
Total children at home 2,775.0 1,960.0 1,430.0 530.0 815.0 580.0 235.0
Average number of children at home per family 0.7 0.5 0.7 0.3 1.4 1.5 1.2
Source: Statistics Canada, 2006 Census of Population, Statistics Canada catalogue no. 97-553-XCB2006008 (G1V, CodeG1V)