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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 1,830 1,510 905 605 315 240 80
Total families without children at home 875 875 490 385 0 0 0
Total families with children at home 955 635 410 225 315 240 75
1 child at home 475 280 180 100 200 125 75
2 children at home 285 205 125 80 85 75 0
3 or more children at home 190 150 100 50 40 35 0
Total children at home 1,670.0 1,190.0 775.0 410.0 480.0 395.0 80.0
Average number of children at home per family 0.9 0.8 0.9 0.7 1.5 1.6 1.0
Source: Statistics Canada, 2006 Census of Population, Statistics Canada catalogue no. 97-553-XCB2006008 (J1K, CodeJ1K)