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 = H3M
| 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 |
4,080
|
3,420
|
3,025
|
400
|
660
|
580
|
80
|
| Total families without children at home |
1,505
|
1,505
|
1,250
|
255
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
| Total families with children at home |
2,575
|
1,915
|
1,775
|
145
|
660
|
580
|
80
|
| 1 child at home |
1,250
|
800
|
700
|
95
|
455
|
425
|
30
|
| 2 children at home |
910
|
760
|
730
|
35
|
150
|
110
|
40
|
| 3 or more children at home |
415
|
360
|
345
|
15
|
55
|
50
|
10
|
| Total children at home |
4,390.0
|
3,460.0
|
3,235.0
|
220.0
|
935.0
|
795.0
|
135.0
|
| Average number of children at home per family |
1.1
|
1.0
|
1.1
|
0.6
|
1.4
|
1.4
|
1.8
|
Source: Statistics Canada, 2006 Census of Population, Statistics Canada catalogue no. 97-553-XCB2006008
(H3M, CodeH3M)