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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 1,320 1,085 970 115 235 190 45
Total families without children at home 540 540 485 55 0 0 0
Total families with children at home 780 545 490 60 235 185 50
1 child at home 340 210 190 20 135 95 40
2 children at home 365 290 265 30 70 65 0
3 or more children at home 75 45 40 10 25 25 0
Total children at home 1,315.0 945.0 840.0 105.0 370.0 310.0 55.0
Average number of children at home per family 1.0 0.9 0.9 0.9 1.6 1.7 1.1
Source: Statistics Canada, 2006 Census of Population, Statistics Canada catalogue no. 97-553-XCB2006008 (E9E, CodeE9E)