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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 3,080 2,645 2,135 510 435 290 145
Total families without children at home 1,185 1,185 850 335 0 0 0
Total families with children at home 1,895 1,455 1,285 170 435 290 145
1 child at home 835 585 485 100 255 140 110
2 children at home 755 610 545 60 145 115 30
3 or more children at home 300 270 255 15 35 30 0
Total children at home 3,335.0 2,675.0 2,405.0 275.0 660.0 475.0 185.0
Average number of children at home per family 1.1 1.0 1.1 0.5 1.5 1.6 1.3
Source: Statistics Canada, 2006 Census of Population, Statistics Canada catalogue no. 97-553-XCB2006008 (T7V, CodeT7V)