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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 650 515 460 60 130 115 20
Total families without children at home 300 305 260 40 0 0 0
Total families with children at home 350 215 200 20 135 115 25
1 child at home 205 105 100 10 100 80 20
2 children at home 100 75 65 10 30 30 0
3 or more children at home 40 40 35 0 0 10 0
Total children at home 535.0 365.0 335.0 30.0 170.0 145.0 0
Average number of children at home per family 0.8 0.7 0.7 0.4 1.3 1.4 0
Source: Statistics Canada, 2006 Census of Population, Statistics Canada catalogue no. 97-553-XCB2006008 (E4M, CodeE4M)