2006 Census of Canada: Topic-based tabulations
Topic-based tabulation: 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
Data table
Geography = J7G
| 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) :
 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)