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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
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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%.
Total - Families by number of children at home 4,920 4,160 3,695 470 760 625 135
Total families without children at home 2,185 2,190 1,875 310 0 0 0
Total families with children at home 2,730 1,970 1,820 155 765 625 140
1 child at home 1,225 750 700 50 475 360 115
2 children at home 970 815 760 60 155 145 10
3 or more children at home 535 400 365 40 130 120 10
Total children at home 4,940.0 3,730.0 3,405.0 320.0 1,210.0 1,040.0 170.0
Average number of children at home per family 1.0 0.9 0.9 0.7 1.6 1.7 1.3
Source: Statistics Canada, 2006 Census of Population, Statistics Canada catalogue no. 97-553-XCB2006008 (S3N, CodeS3N)