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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 1,110 950 845 100 160 130 30
Total families without children at home 550 550 505 45 0 0 0
Total families with children at home 560 400 345 55 160 130 25
1 child at home 285 190 170 20 90 60 25
2 children at home 200 155 120 30 50 50 0
3 or more children at home 80 55 55 0 20 20 0
Total children at home 940.0 695.0 595.0 95.0 250.0 215.0 25.0
Average number of children at home per family 0.8 0.7 0.7 0.9 1.6 1.6 1.0
Source: Statistics Canada, 2006 Census of Population, Statistics Canada catalogue no. 97-553-XCB2006008 (B1K, CodeB1K)