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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 10% but lower than 25%.
Total - Families by number of children at home 850 665 520 145 185 150 35
Total families without children at home 420 420 320 95 0 0 0
Total families with children at home 430 245 200 50 185 155 30
1 child at home 255 140 110 30 120 95 25
2 children at home 130 70 55 20 60 55 10
3 or more children at home 40 35 35 0 10 0 0
Total children at home 655.0 400.0 335.0 65.0 255.0 210.0 40.0
Average number of children at home per family 0.8 0.6 0.6 0.4 1.4 1.4 1.5
Source: Statistics Canada, 2006 Census of Population, Statistics Canada catalogue no. 97-553-XCB2006008 (T5S, CodeT5S)