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 = T6C
| 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%.
|
| Total - Families by number of children at home |
4,885
|
3,970
|
3,125
|
835
|
920
|
730
|
185
|
| Total families without children at home |
2,230
|
2,230
|
1,615
|
610
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
| Total families with children at home |
2,660
|
1,740
|
1,510
|
225
|
920
|
735
|
185
|
| 1 child at home |
1,505
|
810
|
660
|
150
|
700
|
545
|
150
|
| 2 children at home |
850
|
675
|
615
|
60
|
170
|
135
|
35
|
| 3 or more children at home |
305
|
250
|
240
|
15
|
55
|
50
|
0
|
| Total children at home |
4,250.0
|
2,995.0
|
2,675.0
|
320.0
|
1,255.0
|
1,030.0
|
225.0
|
| Average number of children at home per family |
0.9
|
0.8
|
0.9
|
0.4
|
1.4
|
1.4
|
1.2
|
Source: Statistics Canada, 2006 Census of Population, Statistics Canada catalogue no. 97-553-XCB2006008
(T6C, CodeT6C)