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 = N8H
| 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 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 |
7,025
|
6,100
|
5,480
|
615
|
930
|
760
|
165
|
| Total families without children at home |
2,590
|
2,590
|
2,260
|
325
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
| Total families with children at home |
4,435
|
3,510
|
3,215
|
290
|
925
|
765
|
165
|
| 1 child at home |
1,715
|
1,135
|
995
|
140
|
575
|
460
|
115
|
| 2 children at home |
1,650
|
1,425
|
1,310
|
120
|
220
|
180
|
40
|
| 3 or more children at home |
1,070
|
940
|
915
|
30
|
125
|
120
|
0
|
| Total children at home |
8,880.0
|
7,385.0
|
6,900.0
|
480.0
|
1,500.0
|
1,275.0
|
220.0
|
| Average number of children at home per family |
1.3
|
1.2
|
1.3
|
0.8
|
1.6
|
1.7
|
1.3
|
Source: Statistics Canada, 2006 Census of Population, Statistics Canada catalogue no. 97-553-XCB2006008
(N8H, CodeN8H)