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 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	5,705	5,220	4,795	420	485	370	115
Total families without children at home	2,900	2,900	2,615	285	0	0	0
Total families with children at home	2,800	2,315	2,175	135	490	370	115
1 child at home	1,115	815	725	85	300	220	85
2 children at home	1,035	920	890	30	115	90	20
3 or more children at home	650	575	565	15	75	65	0
Total children at home	5,335.0	4,575.0	4,375.0	200.0	760.0	595.0	160.0
Average number of children at home per family	0.9	0.9	0.9	0.5	1.6	1.6	1.4