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 = V6N
| 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 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 |
3,875
|
3,415
|
3,170
|
240
|
465
|
350
|
115
|
| Total families without children at home |
1,155
|
1,155
|
1,045
|
105
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
| Total families with children at home |
2,725
|
2,260
|
2,125
|
135
|
465
|
345
|
115
|
| 1 child at home |
1,010
|
745
|
660
|
85
|
260
|
195
|
60
|
| 2 children at home |
1,140
|
1,010
|
975
|
30
|
130
|
90
|
45
|
| 3 or more children at home |
575
|
505
|
485
|
20
|
75
|
60
|
10
|
| Total children at home |
5,125.0
|
4,375.0
|
4,160.0
|
220.0
|
745.0
|
570.0
|
180.0
|
| Average number of children at home per family |
1.3
|
1.3
|
1.3
|
0.9
|
1.6
|
1.6
|
1.5
|
Source: Statistics Canada, 2006 Census of Population, Statistics Canada catalogue no. 97-553-XCB2006008
(V6N, CodeV6N)