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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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  • 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 4,470 3,945 2,315 1,635 520 385 135
Total families without children at home 1,675 1,680 1,030 650 0 0 0
Total families with children at home 2,790 2,265 1,285 985 520 390 135
1 child at home 1,200 915 480 435 285 200 85
2 children at home 1,195 1,005 620 385 190 145 45
3 or more children at home 395 350 185 160 45 40 0
Total children at home 4,875.0 4,035.0 2,285.0 1,750.0 835.0 645.0 190.0
Average number of children at home per family 1.1 1.0 1.0 1.1 1.6 1.7 1.4
Source: Statistics Canada, 2006 Census of Population, Statistics Canada catalogue no. 97-553-XCB2006008 (J5L, CodeJ5L)