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2006 Census of Canada: Topic-based tabulations
Topic-based tabulation: 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
Data table
| Number of children at home (8) | Census family structure (7) | |||||||
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| 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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Note(s) :
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| Total - Families by number of children at home | 12,280 | 9,440 | 7,660 | 1,785 | 2,835 | 2,280 | 560 | |
| Total families without children at home | 3,905 | 3,905 | 2,995 | 910 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Total families with children at home | 8,370 | 5,535 | 4,660 | 875 | 2,835 | 2,280 | 555 | |
| 1 child at home | 4,000 | 2,255 | 1,825 | 430 | 1,745 | 1,350 | 390 | |
| 2 children at home | 3,140 | 2,285 | 2,005 | 280 | 860 | 720 | 140 | |
| 3 or more children at home | 1,230 | 995 | 830 | 165 | 235 | 205 | 25 | |
| Total children at home | 14,405.0 | 10,125.0 | 8,550.0 | 1,575.0 | 4,275.0 | 3,515.0 | 760.0 | |
| Average number of children at home per family | 1.2 | 1.1 | 1.1 | 0.9 | 1.5 | 1.5 | 1.4 | |
Source: Statistics Canada, 2006 Census of Population, Statistics Canada catalogue no. 97-553-XCB2006008
(L1J, CodeL1J)
