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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 4,730 3,870 3,020 845 860 770 85
Total families without children at home 1,915 1,920 1,310 610 0 0 0
Total families with children at home 2,810 1,950 1,710 235 860 770 85
1 child at home 1,355 800 705 95 555 495 60
2 children at home 1,005 805 700 100 200 175 25
3 or more children at home 450 345 305 40 100 95 0
Total children at home 4,830.0 3,535.0 3,105.0 435.0 1,295.0 1,180.0 115.0
Average number of children at home per family 1.0 0.9 1.0 0.5 1.5 1.5 1.3
Source: Statistics Canada, 2006 Census of Population, Statistics Canada catalogue no. 97-553-XCB2006008 (K1Y, CodeK1Y)