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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) :
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%.
  • Data quality index showing, for the long census questionnaire (20% sample data), a global non response rate higher than or equal to 5% but lower than 10%.
Total - Families by number of children at home 7,805 6,745 5,405 1,335 1,070 775 290
Total families without children at home 3,790 3,790 3,010 780 0 0 0
Total families with children at home 4,020 2,950 2,395 555 1,065 775 290
1 child at home 1,800 1,140 895 245 655 470 185
2 children at home 1,575 1,260 1,045 215 310 240 70
3 or more children at home 645 550 455 90 100 60 35
Total children at home 6,990.0 5,405.0 4,440.0 965.0 1,585.0 1,150.0 430.0
Average number of children at home per family 0.9 0.8 0.8 0.7 1.5 1.5 1.5
Source: Statistics Canada, 2006 Census of Population, Statistics Canada catalogue no. 97-553-XCB2006008 (V0G, CodeV0G)