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 = V8P
| 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 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 |
4,860
|
4,240
|
3,580
|
660
|
615
|
490
|
125
|
| Total families without children at home |
2,340
|
2,340
|
1,895
|
445
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
| Total families with children at home |
2,520
|
1,900
|
1,680
|
220
|
620
|
490
|
130
|
| 1 child at home |
1,290
|
895
|
735
|
165
|
390
|
325
|
65
|
| 2 children at home |
945
|
760
|
740
|
20
|
190
|
140
|
45
|
| 3 or more children at home |
285
|
245
|
205
|
35
|
45
|
25
|
15
|
| Total children at home |
4,050.0
|
3,160.0
|
2,850.0
|
310.0
|
890.0
|
680.0
|
205.0
|
| Average number of children at home per family |
0.8
|
0.7
|
0.8
|
0.5
|
1.4
|
1.4
|
1.6
|
Source: Statistics Canada, 2006 Census of Population, Statistics Canada catalogue no. 97-553-XCB2006008
(V8P, CodeV8P)