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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%.
  • 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 4,490 3,705 3,235 470 785 625 165
Total families without children at home 1,530 1,525 1,275 250 0 0 0
Total families with children at home 2,965 2,175 1,955 220 790 620 165
1 child at home 1,285 810 710 95 475 350 125
2 children at home 1,220 955 885 75 260 220 35
3 or more children at home 460 410 360 55 50 50 0
Total children at home 5,265.0 4,100.0 3,680.0 415.0 1,170.0 970.0 200.0
Average number of children at home per family 1.2 1.1 1.1 0.9 1.5 1.6 1.2
Source: Statistics Canada, 2006 Census of Population, Statistics Canada catalogue no. 97-553-XCB2006008 (L2V, CodeL2V)