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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 2,440 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)