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2006 Census of Canada: Topic-based tabulations

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) :
Warning 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 10% but lower than 25%.
Total - Families by number of children at home 2,115 1,885 1,645 240 230 175 55
Total families without children at home 925 925 805 115 0 0 0
Total families with children at home 1,190 960 840 125 230 175 55
1 child at home 525 350 295 60 170 135 40
2 children at home 435 395 350 45 40 40 0
3 or more children at home 230 215 195 20 10 0 10
Total children at home 2,175.0 1,870.0 1,620.0 250.0 310.0 215.0 90.0
Average number of children at home per family 1.0 1.0 1.0 1.0 1.3 1.2 1.6
Source: Statistics Canada, 2006 Census of Population, Statistics Canada catalogue no. 97-553-XCB2006008 (T9S, CodeT9S)