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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 13,365 12,065 10,550 1,510 1,300 1,010 290
Total families without children at home 6,390 6,385 5,430 955 0 0 0
Total families with children at home 6,975 5,675 5,120 560 1,295 1,010 290
1 child at home 2,980 2,165 1,885 280 815 600 210
2 children at home 2,900 2,550 2,340 210 345 275 70
3 or more children at home 1,100 960 890 65 135 130 0
Total children at home 12,355.0 10,410.0 9,505.0 905.0 1,945.0 1,575.0 370.0
Average number of children at home per family 0.9 0.9 0.9 0.6 1.5 1.6 1.3
Source: Statistics Canada, 2006 Census of Population, Statistics Canada catalogue no. 97-553-XCB2006008 (K0H, CodeK0H)