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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 7,320 5,660 4,725 935 1,660 1,345 310
Total families without children at home 2,360 2,360 1,735 625 0 0 0
Total families with children at home 4,960 3,300 2,990 310 1,660 1,350 310
1 child at home 2,235 1,235 1,075 160 995 785 215
2 children at home 1,745 1,320 1,210 105 425 330 90
3 or more children at home 980 745 700 40 235 235 0
Total children at home 8,970.0 6,345.0 5,825.0 520.0 2,625.0 2,215.0 405.0
Average number of children at home per family 1.2 1.1 1.2 0.6 1.6 1.6 1.3
Source: Statistics Canada, 2006 Census of Population, Statistics Canada catalogue no. 97-553-XCB2006008 (V3T, CodeV3T)