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 = T8S
| 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 |
2,345
|
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)