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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) :
Total - Families by number of children at home 3,800 3,255 2,805 450 545 460 80
Total families without children at home 1,445 1,445 1,150 295 0 0 0
Total families with children at home 2,355 1,810 1,655 155 545 460 85
1 child at home 925 570 485 85 350 295 55
2 children at home 1,115 940 900 40 175 145 30
3 or more children at home 315 300 270 25 15 15 0
Total children at home 4,170.0 3,420.0 3,150.0 270.0 745.0 635.0 110.0
Average number of children at home per family 1.1 1.1 1.1 0.6 1.4 1.4 1.3
Source: Statistics Canada, 2006 Census of Population, Statistics Canada catalogue no. 97-553-XCB2006008 (V2E, CodeV2E)