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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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  • 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 4,885 3,970 3,125 835 920 730 185
Total families without children at home 2,230 2,230 1,615 610 0 0 0
Total families with children at home 2,660 1,740 1,510 225 920 735 185
1 child at home 1,505 810 660 150 700 545 150
2 children at home 850 675 615 60 170 135 35
3 or more children at home 305 250 240 15 55 50 0
Total children at home 4,250.0 2,995.0 2,675.0 320.0 1,255.0 1,030.0 225.0
Average number of children at home per family 0.9 0.8 0.9 0.4 1.4 1.4 1.2
Source: Statistics Canada, 2006 Census of Population, Statistics Canada catalogue no. 97-553-XCB2006008 (T6C, CodeT6C)