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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 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 910 805 690 115 105 95 15
Total families without children at home 425 420 355 65 0 0 0
Total families with children at home 485 380 330 50 110 90 10
1 child at home 245 155 130 25 90 75 15
2 children at home 185 180 165 15 10 10 0
3 or more children at home 55 50 35 10 10 10 0
Total children at home 800.0 670.0 580.0 90.0 125.0 115.0 0
Average number of children at home per family 0.9 0.8 0.9 0.7 1.2 1.2 0
Source: Statistics Canada, 2006 Census of Population, Statistics Canada catalogue no. 97-553-XCB2006008 (E5B, CodeE5B)