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 = L8S
| 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 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 |
3,755
|
3,025
|
2,635
|
395
|
730
|
635
|
95
|
| Total families without children at home |
1,400
|
1,400
|
1,075
|
325
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
| Total families with children at home |
2,360
|
1,625
|
1,555
|
75
|
730
|
635
|
90
|
| 1 child at home |
1,250
|
685
|
640
|
45
|
565
|
505
|
60
|
| 2 children at home |
800
|
675
|
655
|
20
|
120
|
105
|
15
|
| 3 or more children at home |
305
|
260
|
255
|
10
|
40
|
25
|
15
|
| Total children at home |
3,850.0
|
2,900.0
|
2,795.0
|
110.0
|
950.0
|
805.0
|
145.0
|
| Average number of children at home per family |
1.0
|
1.0
|
1.1
|
0.3
|
1.3
|
1.3
|
1.5
|
Source: Statistics Canada, 2006 Census of Population, Statistics Canada catalogue no. 97-553-XCB2006008
(L8S, CodeL8S)