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 = G2L
| 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 |
3,425
|
2,930
|
1,750
|
1,185
|
490
|
420
|
75
|
| Total families without children at home |
1,375
|
1,375
|
790
|
585
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
| Total families with children at home |
2,050
|
1,555
|
960
|
590
|
495
|
415
|
75
|
| 1 child at home |
930
|
625
|
375
|
250
|
305
|
260
|
40
|
| 2 children at home |
845
|
695
|
400
|
295
|
150
|
125
|
25
|
| 3 or more children at home |
270
|
235
|
185
|
45
|
40
|
30
|
0
|
| Total children at home |
3,470.0
|
2,745.0
|
1,755.0
|
990.0
|
720.0
|
605.0
|
115.0
|
| Average number of children at home per family |
1.0
|
0.9
|
1.0
|
0.8
|
1.5
|
1.5
|
1.5
|
Source: Statistics Canada, 2006 Census of Population, Statistics Canada catalogue no. 97-553-XCB2006008
(G2L, CodeG2L)