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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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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%.
Total - Families by number of children at home 2,345 2,020 1,665 355 325 230 95
Total families without children at home 945 945 760 185 0 0 0
Total families with children at home 1,395 1,070 900 170 325 225 95
1 child at home 590 370 270 95 220 135 80
2 children at home 560 465 440 30 95 75 20
3 or more children at home 250 235 190 45 15 15 0
Total children at home 2,585.0 2,125.0 1,805.0 315.0 460.0 345.0 110.0
Average number of children at home per family 1.1 1.1 1.1 0.9 1.4 1.5 1.2
Source: Statistics Canada, 2006 Census of Population, Statistics Canada catalogue no. 97-553-XCB2006008 (T8S, CodeT8S)