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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) :
Total - Families by number of children at home 1,030 950 870 80 80 60 15
Total families without children at home 460 460 415 45 0 0 0
Total families with children at home 570 495 460 35 80 60 20
1 child at home 220 170 160 10 50 50 10
2 children at home 240 215 205 15 20 10 15
3 or more children at home 110 105 95 0 0 0 0
Total children at home 1,055.0 945.0 875.0 70.0 105.0 75.0 35.0
Average number of children at home per family 1.0 1.0 1.0 0.9 1.5 1.2 2.3
Source: Statistics Canada, 2006 Census of Population, Statistics Canada catalogue no. 97-553-XCB2006008 (S6J, CodeS6J)