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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 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 5,045 4,160 2,575 1,580 890 690 195
Total families without children at home 1,630 1,630 1,065 560 0 0 0
Total families with children at home 3,415 2,530 1,510 1,015 885 690 190
1 child at home 1,335 880 475 410 455 380 75
2 children at home 1,625 1,240 725 515 380 275 110
3 or more children at home 455 410 310 100 50 40 10
Total children at home 6,055.0 4,680.0 2,935.0 1,745.0 1,375.0 1,045.0 325.0
Average number of children at home per family 1.2 1.1 1.1 1.1 1.5 1.5 1.7
Source: Statistics Canada, 2006 Census of Population, Statistics Canada catalogue no. 97-553-XCB2006008 (J7G, CodeJ7G)