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

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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) :  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	8,735	7,025	5,810	1,215	1,715	1,370	345
Total families without children at home	3,715	3,715	2,935	775	0	0	0
Total families with children at home	5,025	3,310	2,875	440	1,715	1,370	345
1 child at home	2,415	1,340	1,080	260	1,075	835	235
2 children at home	1,955	1,485	1,360	125	470	395	75
3 or more children at home	655	485	435	55	165	140	30
Total children at home	8,510.0	5,925.0	5,240.0	680.0	2,590.0	2,090.0	500.0
Average number of children at home per family	1.0	0.8	0.9	0.6	1.5	1.5	1.4