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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) :
Total - Families by number of children at home 1,175 960 500 465 220 175 45
Total families without children at home 415 420 215 200 0 0 0
Total families with children at home 760 545 280 260 215 175 40
1 child at home 390 260 125 135 130 90 40
2 children at home 275 220 140 75 55 55 0
3 or more children at home 95 65 15 50 35 30 0
Total children at home 1,235.0 895.0 460.0 440.0 340.0 290.0 45.0
Average number of children at home per family 1.0 0.9 0.9 0.9 1.6 1.7 1.0
Source: Statistics Canada, 2006 Census of Population, Statistics Canada catalogue no. 97-553-XCB2006008 (J2E, CodeJ2E)