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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
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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 5,140 4,280 3,865 415 855 735 120
Total families without children at home 1,530 1,530 1,280 250 0 0 0
Total families with children at home 3,605 2,750 2,585 165 860 735 125
1 child at home 1,450 955 870 85 500 435 65
2 children at home 1,605 1,310 1,255 55 290 250 40
3 or more children at home 550 480 460 25 70 50 15
Total children at home 6,475.0 5,180.0 4,905.0 280.0 1,290.0 1,095.0 195.0
Average number of children at home per family 1.3 1.2 1.3 0.7 1.5 1.5 1.6
Source: Statistics Canada, 2006 Census of Population, Statistics Canada catalogue no. 97-553-XCB2006008 (V5W, CodeV5W)