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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 2,400 2,135 1,715 415 265 195 70
Total families without children at home 1,280 1,280 920 355 0 0 0
Total families with children at home 1,125 855 800 55 270 200 70
1 child at home 595 395 355 35 195 135 60
2 children at home 410 350 335 15 55 50 10
3 or more children at home 120 110 110 0 10 10 0
Total children at home 1,825.0 1,465.0 1,390.0 75.0 360.0 275.0 80.0
Average number of children at home per family 0.8 0.7 0.8 0.2 1.4 1.4 1.1
Source: Statistics Canada, 2006 Census of Population, Statistics Canada catalogue no. 97-553-XCB2006008 (T6G, CodeT6G)