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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 10% but lower than 25%.
  • Data quality index showing, for the long census questionnaire (20% sample data), a global non response rate higher than or equal to 10% but lower than 25%.
Total - Families by number of children at home 7,950 6,995 5,365 1,625 955 620 340
Total families without children at home 3,265 3,265 2,480 785 0 0 0
Total families with children at home 4,685 3,725 2,885 840 955 620 340
1 child at home 1,820 1,285 915 365 535 320 215
2 children at home 1,850 1,535 1,230 305 310 215 95
3 or more children at home 1,020 905 740 165 115 90 30
Total children at home 9,225.0 7,690.0 6,165.0 1,520.0 1,540.0 1,030.0 510.0
Average number of children at home per family 1.2 1.1 1.1 0.9 1.6 1.7 1.5
Source: Statistics Canada, 2006 Census of Population, Statistics Canada catalogue no. 97-553-XCB2006008 (V0C, CodeV0C)