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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 1,890 1,690 1,280 405 200 120 80
Total families without children at home 810 810 560 250 0 0 0
Total families with children at home 1,080 880 725 155 200 120 80
1 child at home 515 390 325 65 120 70 55
2 children at home 520 460 395 65 60 30 25
3 or more children at home 45 25 10 20 20 20 0
Total children at home 1,695.0 1,395.0 1,135.0 265.0 300.0 195.0 110.0
Average number of children at home per family 0.9 0.8 0.9 0.6 1.5 1.6 1.4
Source: Statistics Canada, 2006 Census of Population, Statistics Canada catalogue no. 97-553-XCB2006008 (E7B, CodeE7B)