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

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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) :  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 10% but lower than 25%. 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	2,815	2,585	2,265	325	235	180	50
Total families without children at home	1,475	1,480	1,240	235	0	0	0
Total families with children at home	1,340	1,110	1,020	85	230	180	50
1 child at home	520	375	340	35	145	105	40
2 children at home	590	540	515	25	50	35	10
3 or more children at home	230	195	170	25	40	40	0
Total children at home	2,485.0	2,125.0	1,960.0	160.0	365.0	295.0	70.0
Average number of children at home per family	0.9	0.8	0.9	0.5	1.6	1.7	1.3