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 = L8R
| 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 |
2,440
|
1,820
|
1,450
|
370
|
625
|
560
|
65
|
| Total families without children at home |
750
|
750
|
530
|
220
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
| Total families with children at home |
1,690
|
1,065
|
915
|
145
|
625
|
560
|
65
|
| 1 child at home |
865
|
470
|
395
|
75
|
390
|
340
|
50
|
| 2 children at home |
540
|
390
|
330
|
55
|
150
|
135
|
10
|
| 3 or more children at home |
285
|
205
|
190
|
15
|
80
|
80
|
0
|
| Total children at home |
3,005.0
|
2,005.0
|
1,770.0
|
240.0
|
995.0
|
920.0
|
80.0
|
| Average number of children at home per family |
1.2
|
1.1
|
1.2
|
0.6
|
1.6
|
1.6
|
1.2
|
Source: Statistics Canada, 2006 Census of Population, Statistics Canada catalogue no. 97-553-XCB2006008
(L8R, CodeL8R)