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 = J8X
| 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 10% but lower than 25%.
- Data quality index showing, for the long census questionnaire (20% sample data), a global non response rate higher than or equal to 10% but lower than 25%.
|
| Total - Families by number of children at home |
2,555
|
1,875
|
1,110
|
770
|
680
|
520
|
160
|
| Total families without children at home |
1,125
|
1,125
|
615
|
510
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
| Total families with children at home |
1,430
|
750
|
490
|
260
|
680
|
520
|
160
|
| 1 child at home |
805
|
335
|
235
|
105
|
470
|
340
|
125
|
| 2 children at home |
455
|
275
|
160
|
110
|
180
|
155
|
30
|
| 3 or more children at home |
175
|
140
|
95
|
50
|
30
|
25
|
0
|
| Total children at home |
2,370.0
|
1,430.0
|
920.0
|
505.0
|
940.0
|
740.0
|
200.0
|
| Average number of children at home per family |
0.9
|
0.8
|
0.8
|
0.7
|
1.4
|
1.4
|
1.2
|
Source: Statistics Canada, 2006 Census of Population, Statistics Canada catalogue no. 97-553-XCB2006008
(J8X, CodeJ8X)