2006 Census of Canada: Topic-based tabulations
Topic-based tabulation: 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
Data table
Geography = G8P
| 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) :
 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%.
|
| Total - Families by number of children at home |
2,270
|
1,975
|
1,130
|
845
|
300
|
225
|
70
|
| Total families without children at home |
940
|
945
|
580
|
360
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
| Total families with children at home |
1,330
|
1,035
|
550
|
485
|
295
|
225
|
65
|
| 1 child at home |
615
|
445
|
205
|
240
|
175
|
130
|
40
|
| 2 children at home |
470
|
395
|
210
|
185
|
75
|
55
|
15
|
| 3 or more children at home |
240
|
195
|
135
|
60
|
45
|
40
|
0
|
| Total children at home |
2,330.0
|
1,855.0
|
1,045.0
|
815.0
|
470.0
|
365.0
|
105.0
|
| Average number of children at home per family |
1.0
|
0.9
|
0.9
|
1.0
|
1.6
|
1.6
|
1.5
|
Source: Statistics Canada, 2006 Census of Population, Statistics Canada catalogue no. 97-553-XCB2006008
(G8P, CodeG8P)