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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 1,140 1,040 930 105 100 70 30
Total families without children at home 350 350 315 40 0 0 0
Total families with children at home 790 690 620 65 100 70 30
1 child at home 305 255 215 40 50 25 30
2 children at home 335 290 285 0 45 45 0
3 or more children at home 145 140 120 20 0 10 0
Total children at home 1,480.0 1,320.0 1,200.0 125.0 155.0 125.0 30.0
Average number of children at home per family 1.3 1.3 1.3 1.1 1.5 1.9 1.0
Source: Statistics Canada, 2006 Census of Population, Statistics Canada catalogue no. 97-553-XCB2006008 (N2R, CodeN2R)