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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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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%.
Total - Families by number of children at home 985 870 730 145 120 75 40
Total families without children at home 560 560 435 125 0 0 0
Total families with children at home 430 310 295 15 115 75 45
1 child at home 220 150 150 0 75 45 25
2 children at home 175 130 115 15 45 20 20
3 or more children at home 30 30 30 0 0 10 0
Total children at home 660.0 495.0 460.0 35.0 170.0 105.0 65.0
Average number of children at home per family 0.7 0.6 0.6 0.2 1.4 1.3 1.4
Source: Statistics Canada, 2006 Census of Population, Statistics Canada catalogue no. 97-553-XCB2006008 (N5L, CodeN5L)