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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 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)