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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 6,850 5,965 5,195 770 885 725 155
Total families without children at home 3,385 3,385 2,985 400 0 0 0
Total families with children at home 3,460 2,575 2,210 370 885 725 160
1 child at home 1,450 895 740 155 555 425 130
2 children at home 1,380 1,150 1,015 140 235 210 20
3 or more children at home 625 530 455 75 95 90 0
Total children at home 6,265.0 4,930.0 4,245.0 680.0 1,345.0 1,155.0 185.0
Average number of children at home per family 0.9 0.8 0.8 0.9 1.5 1.6 1.2
Source: Statistics Canada, 2006 Census of Population, Statistics Canada catalogue no. 97-553-XCB2006008 (V4T, CodeV4T)