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

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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) :  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	7,945	6,145	4,520	1,620	1,805	1,470	335
Total families without children at home	2,970	2,970	2,030	945	0	0	0
Total families with children at home	4,970	3,170	2,490	680	1,805	1,470	335
1 child at home	2,540	1,345	1,060	280	1,195	935	255
2 children at home	1,735	1,285	1,020	270	450	395	60
3 or more children at home	695	540	410	125	155	140	20
Total children at home	8,235.0	5,650.0	4,410.0	1,240.0	2,585.0	2,160.0	420.0
Average number of children at home per family	1.0	0.9	1.0	0.8	1.4	1.5	1.3