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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 10% but lower than 25%.
  • 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 3,015 2,385 1,800 585 630 515 120
Total families without children at home 1,415 1,415 915 500 0 0 0
Total families with children at home 1,600 970 885 85 630 515 115
1 child at home 825 445 400 40 380 285 90
2 children at home 550 380 375 10 170 150 25
3 or more children at home 220 145 110 35 75 75 0
Total children at home 2,670.0 1,695.0 1,520.0 180.0 975.0 835.0 140.0
Average number of children at home per family 0.9 0.7 0.8 0.3 1.5 1.6 1.2
Source: Statistics Canada, 2006 Census of Population, Statistics Canada catalogue no. 97-553-XCB2006008 (V6A, CodeV6A)