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 = J6Y
| 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%.
|
| 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)