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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 4,745 4,235 3,565 665 510 405 105
Total families without children at home 2,160 2,160 1,775 380 0 0 0
Total families with children at home 2,585 2,075 1,795 280 510 405 105
1 child at home 980 680 565 110 300 215 85
2 children at home 980 830 735 95 145 135 10
3 or more children at home 625 565 490 75 60 55 0
Total children at home 5,105.0 4,315.0 3,730.0 590.0 790.0 665.0 130.0
Average number of children at home per family 1.1 1.0 1.0 0.9 1.5 1.6 1.2
Source: Statistics Canada, 2006 Census of Population, Statistics Canada catalogue no. 97-553-XCB2006008 (N0C, CodeN0C)