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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 3,695 3,185 2,830 355 505 345 160
Total families without children at home 1,695 1,690 1,385 310 0 0 0
Total families with children at home 2,005 1,495 1,445 45 510 345 160
1 child at home 910 555 530 25 350 230 120
2 children at home 815 695 670 20 125 90 30
3 or more children at home 275 245 245 0 30 25 0
Total children at home 3,420.0 2,720.0 2,650.0 65.0 695.0 490.0 210.0
Average number of children at home per family 0.9 0.9 0.9 0.2 1.4 1.4 1.3
Source: Statistics Canada, 2006 Census of Population, Statistics Canada catalogue no. 97-553-XCB2006008 (T2L, CodeT2L)