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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 5,375 4,155 2,575 1,580 1,220 1,000 220
Total families without children at home 2,310 2,310 1,295 1,015 0 0 0
Total families with children at home 3,065 1,845 1,275 570 1,220 1,000 220
1 child at home 1,850 1,000 675 330 850 685 170
2 children at home 910 630 440 190 280 230 45
3 or more children at home 305 215 165 50 90 90 0
Total children at home 4,665.0 2,975.0 2,100.0 875.0 1,690.0 1,410.0 275.0
Average number of children at home per family 0.9 0.7 0.8 0.6 1.4 1.4 1.2
Source: Statistics Canada, 2006 Census of Population, Statistics Canada catalogue no. 97-553-XCB2006008 (H1N, CodeH1N)