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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 5% but lower than 10%.
Total - Families by number of children at home 1,550 1,385 1,185 205 160 115 45
Total families without children at home 690 690 580 115 0 0 0
Total families with children at home 860 700 605 95 160 115 45
1 child at home 280 215 185 35 70 35 30
2 children at home 340 290 240 50 50 40 10
3 or more children at home 235 190 180 10 45 40 0
Total children at home 1,715.0 1,410.0 1,255.0 160.0 300.0 240.0 65.0
Average number of children at home per family 1.1 1.0 1.1 0.8 1.9 2.0 1.4
Source: Statistics Canada, 2006 Census of Population, Statistics Canada catalogue no. 97-553-XCB2006008 (V4S, CodeV4S)