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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 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 1,590 1,425 870 550 170 145 20
Total families without children at home 750 750 420 330 0 0 0
Total families with children at home 840 670 450 220 165 150 20
1 child at home 375 270 150 120 105 95 10
2 children at home 365 335 240 95 30 25 0
3 or more children at home 90 65 60 10 25 20 0
Total children at home 1,395.0 1,140.0 820.0 320.0 255.0 220.0 0
Average number of children at home per family 0.9 0.8 0.9 0.6 1.5 1.5 0
Source: Statistics Canada, 2006 Census of Population, Statistics Canada catalogue no. 97-553-XCB2006008 (J4N, CodeJ4N)