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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 10% but lower than 25%.
  • Data quality index showing, for the long census questionnaire (20% sample data), a global non response rate higher than or equal to 10% but lower than 25%.
Total - Families by number of children at home 1,600 1,455 1,150 305 150 120 25
Total families without children at home 995 995 715 280 0 0 0
Total families with children at home 605 460 435 25 150 125 25
1 child at home 390 260 245 15 125 100 25
2 children at home 130 120 110 10 15 15 0
3 or more children at home 90 80 75 0 0 10 0
Total children at home 925.0 745.0 715.0 35.0 175.0 150.0 25.0
Average number of children at home per family 0.6 0.5 0.6 0.1 1.2 1.2 1.0
Source: Statistics Canada, 2006 Census of Population, Statistics Canada catalogue no. 97-553-XCB2006008 (H3G, CodeH3G)