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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
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  • 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 6,695 5,610 5,250 355 1,085 900 180
Total families without children at home 2,090 2,090 1,835 255 0 0 0
Total families with children at home 4,605 3,520 3,415 100 1,080 900 180
1 child at home 2,105 1,455 1,395 55 655 530 125
2 children at home 1,875 1,520 1,480 40 350 320 35
3 or more children at home 620 545 545 0 75 50 20
Total children at home 7,895.0 6,285.0 6,135.0 155.0 1,610.0 1,345.0 265.0
Average number of children at home per family 1.2 1.1 1.2 0.4 1.5 1.5 1.4
Source: Statistics Canada, 2006 Census of Population, Statistics Canada catalogue no. 97-553-XCB2006008 (V6X, CodeV6X)