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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 800 690 315 375 110 105 10
Total families without children at home 495 495 210 280 0 0 0
Total families with children at home 305 195 100 90 110 105 10
1 child at home 195 105 45 60 90 85 10
2 children at home 95 75 40 35 20 20 0
3 or more children at home 20 15 20 0 0 0 0
Total children at home 435.0 300.0 175.0 125.0 130.0 120.0 0
Average number of children at home per family 0.5 0.4 0.6 0.3 1.2 1.2 0
Source: Statistics Canada, 2006 Census of Population, Statistics Canada catalogue no. 97-553-XCB2006008 (G2J, CodeG2J)