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 = L2A
| 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 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 |
4,805
|
3,910
|
3,295
|
615
|
890
|
760
|
130
|
| Total families without children at home |
1,940
|
1,940
|
1,600
|
335
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
| Total families with children at home |
2,865
|
1,970
|
1,695
|
275
|
895
|
760
|
130
|
| 1 child at home |
1,325
|
795
|
695
|
95
|
530
|
445
|
85
|
| 2 children at home |
1,080
|
765
|
670
|
100
|
320
|
270
|
45
|
| 3 or more children at home |
460
|
410
|
330
|
80
|
45
|
45
|
10
|
| Total children at home |
4,975.0
|
3,675.0
|
3,110.0
|
560.0
|
1,305.0
|
1,120.0
|
185.0
|
| Average number of children at home per family |
1.0
|
0.9
|
0.9
|
0.9
|
1.5
|
1.5
|
1.4
|
Source: Statistics Canada, 2006 Census of Population, Statistics Canada catalogue no. 97-553-XCB2006008
(L2A, CodeL2A)