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
Geography = V7H
| 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 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 |
3,655
|
3,095
|
2,805
|
295
|
560
|
465
|
95
|
| Total families without children at home |
1,270
|
1,270
|
1,115
|
160
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
| Total families with children at home |
2,385
|
1,825
|
1,690
|
140
|
555
|
465
|
95
|
| 1 child at home |
870
|
600
|
540
|
60
|
275
|
220
|
55
|
| 2 children at home |
1,170
|
930
|
860
|
70
|
240
|
205
|
35
|
| 3 or more children at home |
335
|
295
|
290
|
10
|
45
|
40
|
0
|
| Total children at home |
4,305.0
|
3,400.0
|
3,180.0
|
225.0
|
900.0
|
775.0
|
130.0
|
| Average number of children at home per family |
1.2
|
1.1
|
1.1
|
0.8
|
1.6
|
1.7
|
1.4
|
Source: Statistics Canada, 2006 Census of Population, Statistics Canada catalogue no. 97-553-XCB2006008
(V7H, CodeV7H)