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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 10% but lower than 25%.
Total - Families by number of children at home 12,995 10,270 8,325 1,940 2,725 2,070 660
Total families without children at home 4,715 4,710 4,040 675 0 0 0
Total families with children at home 8,280 5,550 4,285 1,265 2,730 2,070 660
1 child at home 3,060 1,760 1,355 400 1,300 925 370
2 children at home 2,595 1,855 1,490 365 735 570 170
3 or more children at home 2,625 1,935 1,435 500 695 575 120
Total children at home 18,330.0 12,910.0 9,765.0 3,150.0 5,415.0 4,245.0 1,170.0
Average number of children at home per family 1.4 1.3 1.2 1.6 2.0 2.1 1.8
Source: Statistics Canada, 2006 Census of Population, Statistics Canada catalogue no. 97-553-XCB2006008 (S0J, CodeS0J)