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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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  • 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 4,535 3,445 2,930 510 1,090 930 160
Total families without children at home 1,855 1,860 1,565 295 0 0 0
Total families with children at home 2,675 1,585 1,365 215 1,090 935 160
1 child at home 1,480 760 630 130 720 625 90
2 children at home 920 630 580 55 285 235 50
3 or more children at home 275 190 160 25 85 70 15
Total children at home 4,240.0 2,680.0 2,335.0 345.0 1,560.0 1,315.0 245.0
Average number of children at home per family 0.9 0.8 0.8 0.7 1.4 1.4 1.5
Source: Statistics Canada, 2006 Census of Population, Statistics Canada catalogue no. 97-553-XCB2006008 (E2J, CodeE2J)