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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 4,525 3,260 2,205 1,050 1,270 1,115 155
Total families without children at home 1,875 1,880 1,315 565 0 0 0
Total families with children at home 2,645 1,380 895 485 1,265 1,115 155
1 child at home 1,475 650 370 280 820 720 105
2 children at home 830 500 355 145 330 280 50
3 or more children at home 335 225 165 55 115 115 0
Total children at home 4,250.0 2,405.0 1,635.0 770.0 1,850.0 1,640.0 205.0
Average number of children at home per family 0.9 0.7 0.7 0.7 1.5 1.5 1.3
Source: Statistics Canada, 2006 Census of Population, Statistics Canada catalogue no. 97-553-XCB2006008 (P3C, CodeP3C)