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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 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 340 295 240 50 45 40 10
Total families without children at home 175 175 145 30 0 0 0
Total families with children at home 165 120 95 25 45 40 0
1 child at home 90 65 40 20 25 20 0
2 children at home 50 30 30 0 15 15 0
3 or more children at home 30 25 25 0 10 10 0
Total children at home 270.0 200.0 175.0 25.0 75.0 65.0 0
Average number of children at home per family 0.8 0.7 0.7 0.5 1.6 1.9 0
Source: Statistics Canada, 2006 Census of Population, Statistics Canada catalogue no. 97-553-XCB2006008 (E5E, CodeE5E)