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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%.
Total - Families by number of children at home 7,130 6,000 5,190 810 1,125 880 240
Total families without children at home 3,165 3,165 2,695 470 0 0 0
Total families with children at home 3,965 2,835 2,495 340 1,125 880 240
1 child at home 1,735 1,010 845 165 730 545 185
2 children at home 1,595 1,235 1,125 115 355 295 55
3 or more children at home 630 595 530 65 40 35 0
Total children at home 6,930.0 5,370.0 4,770.0 595.0 1,560.0 1,255.0 305.0
Average number of children at home per family 1.0 0.9 0.9 0.7 1.4 1.4 1.3
Source: Statistics Canada, 2006 Census of Population, Statistics Canada catalogue no. 97-553-XCB2006008 (K9A, CodeK9A)