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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%.
  • 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 5,495 4,430 3,115 1,310 1,065 860 200
Total families without children at home 3,295 3,295 2,225 1,075 0 0 0
Total families with children at home 2,195 1,135 900 235 1,065 860 200
1 child at home 1,450 570 450 120 880 710 175
2 children at home 655 485 390 90 175 145 25
3 or more children at home 95 85 60 25 0 10 0
Total children at home 3,035.0 1,785.0 1,400.0 380.0 1,255.0 1,025.0 235.0
Average number of children at home per family 0.6 0.4 0.4 0.3 1.2 1.2 1.2
Source: Statistics Canada, 2006 Census of Population, Statistics Canada catalogue no. 97-553-XCB2006008 (V8V, CodeV8V)