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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
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  • 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)