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 = V0K
| 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 10% but lower than 25%.
|
| Total - Families by number of children at home |
10,280
|
9,000
|
7,330
|
1,665
|
1,280
|
940
|
335
|
| Total families without children at home |
5,670
|
5,665
|
4,715
|
950
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
| Total families with children at home |
4,610
|
3,335
|
2,620
|
715
|
1,280
|
940
|
335
|
| 1 child at home |
1,990
|
1,280
|
950
|
330
|
715
|
500
|
210
|
| 2 children at home |
1,710
|
1,295
|
1,100
|
200
|
415
|
315
|
90
|
| 3 or more children at home |
915
|
755
|
565
|
190
|
155
|
125
|
35
|
| Total children at home |
8,440.0
|
6,385.0
|
5,020.0
|
1,365.0
|
2,055.0
|
1,550.0
|
505.0
|
| Average number of children at home per family |
0.8
|
0.7
|
0.7
|
0.8
|
1.6
|
1.6
|
1.5
|
Source: Statistics Canada, 2006 Census of Population, Statistics Canada catalogue no. 97-553-XCB2006008
(V0K, CodeV0K)