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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 2,705 2,490 2,280 210 215 185 30
Total families without children at home 1,335 1,335 1,240 95 0 0 0
Total families with children at home 1,375 1,160 1,040 115 215 185 30
1 child at home 805 640 565 70 160 135 25
2 children at home 450 415 375 40 35 35 0
3 or more children at home 115 100 95 0 15 10 0
Total children at home 2,080.0 1,785.0 1,620.0 160.0 295.0 260.0 30.0
Average number of children at home per family 0.8 0.7 0.7 0.8 1.4 1.4 1.4
Source: Statistics Canada, 2006 Census of Population, Statistics Canada catalogue no. 97-553-XCB2006008 (A0J, CodeA0J)