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

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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) :  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	5,665	5,070	4,460	610	600	455	140
Total families without children at home	2,735	2,735	2,430	305	0	0	0
Total families with children at home	2,930	2,335	2,030	300	595	455	140
1 child at home	1,090	800	670	130	285	205	80
2 children at home	1,080	850	740	110	230	180	50
3 or more children at home	765	685	625	60	85	70	10
Total children at home	5,770.0	4,750.0	4,175.0	570.0	1,020.0	795.0	225.0
Average number of children at home per family	1.0	0.9	0.9	0.9	1.7	1.7	1.6