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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 2,310 1,545 1,185 365 755 625 130
Total families without children at home 760 760 565 195 0 0 0
Total families with children at home 1,545 790 615 170 755 630 130
1 child at home 815 365 270 95 450 340 110
2 children at home 540 315 260 50 230 205 20
3 or more children at home 195 110 85 25 85 75 0
Total children at home 2,560.0 1,380.0 1,095.0 285.0 1,180.0 1,025.0 155.0
Average number of children at home per family 1.1 0.9 0.9 0.8 1.6 1.6 1.2
Source: Statistics Canada, 2006 Census of Population, Statistics Canada catalogue no. 97-553-XCB2006008 (B3R, CodeB3R)