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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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  • 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)