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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 6,945 6,015 4,715 1,300 935 775 155
Total families without children at home 3,105 3,100 2,055 1,045 0 0 0
Total families with children at home 3,845 2,915 2,660 250 930 775 155
1 child at home 1,780 1,135 1,010 125 645 555 90
2 children at home 1,550 1,310 1,220 85 240 175 60
3 or more children at home 520 465 435 35 50 50 0
Total children at home 6,535.0 5,260.0 4,840.0 420.0 1,275.0 1,055.0 220.0
Average number of children at home per family 0.9 0.9 1.0 0.3 1.4 1.4 1.4
Source: Statistics Canada, 2006 Census of Population, Statistics Canada catalogue no. 97-553-XCB2006008 (K1S, CodeK1S)