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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 1,695 1,315 1,205 115 380 270 105
Total families without children at home 540 540 480 65 0 0 0
Total families with children at home 1,145 770 725 50 380 270 110
1 child at home 570 305 275 30 270 195 70
2 children at home 395 315 295 20 80 50 30
3 or more children at home 185 150 150 0 35 25 10
Total children at home 1,925.0 1,395.0 1,325.0 70.0 525.0 380.0 150.0
Average number of children at home per family 1.1 1.1 1.1 0.6 1.4 1.4 1.4
Source: Statistics Canada, 2006 Census of Population, Statistics Canada catalogue no. 97-553-XCB2006008 (M3K, CodeM3K)