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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%.
Total - Families by number of children at home 3,800 3,455 1,885 1,570 345 240 105
Total families without children at home 1,355 1,355 680 670 0 0 0
Total families with children at home 2,445 2,100 1,200 895 340 240 105
1 child at home 1,085 880 430 450 205 150 60
2 children at home 985 895 585 310 90 55 30
3 or more children at home 370 325 190 135 45 35 15
Total children at home 4,265.0 3,730.0 2,215.0 1,515.0 535.0 365.0 175.0
Average number of children at home per family 1.1 1.1 1.2 1.0 1.6 1.5 1.7
Source: Statistics Canada, 2006 Census of Population, Statistics Canada catalogue no. 97-553-XCB2006008 (J6Y, CodeJ6Y)