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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 short census questionnaire (100% data), a global non response rate higher than or equal to 5% but lower than 10%.
Total - Families by number of children at home 5,705 4,980 3,145 1,835 725 535 190
Total families without children at home 2,540 2,540 1,740 800 0 0 0
Total families with children at home 3,165 2,445 1,410 1,030 725 535 195
1 child at home 1,495 1,005 595 410 490 345 145
2 children at home 1,135 955 510 445 180 145 40
3 or more children at home 535 480 305 175 50 45 0
Total children at home 5,525.0 4,500.0 2,640.0 1,855.0 1,030.0 780.0 245.0
Average number of children at home per family 1.0 0.9 0.8 1.0 1.4 1.5 1.3
Source: Statistics Canada, 2006 Census of Population, Statistics Canada catalogue no. 97-553-XCB2006008 (J0G, CodeJ0G)