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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 10% but lower than 25%.
Total - Families by number of children at home 2,240 1,965 1,680 290 275 240 30
Total families without children at home 1,025 1,030 855 170 0 0 0
Total families with children at home 1,210 940 825 115 275 240 30
1 child at home 510 355 290 60 155 125 30
2 children at home 495 425 385 40 70 70 0
3 or more children at home 210 160 150 10 50 45 0
Total children at home 2,170.0 1,725.0 1,535.0 195.0 445.0 410.0 35.0
Average number of children at home per family 1.0 0.9 0.9 0.7 1.6 1.7 1.2
Source: Statistics Canada, 2006 Census of Population, Statistics Canada catalogue no. 97-553-XCB2006008 (V9H, CodeV9H)