Table 6
Distribution (number and percentage) of private households with at least one foster child aged 14 and under by number of foster children and household type, Canada, 2011

Table 6
Distribution (number and percentage) of private households with at least one foster child aged 14 and under by number of foster children and household type, Canada, 2011
Table summary
This table displays the results of distribution (number and percentage) of private households with at least one foster child aged 14 and under by number of foster children and household type. The information is grouped by private households with at least one foster child aged 14 and under (appearing as row headers), number and percentage (appearing as column headers).

Private households with at least one foster child aged 14 and under	Number	Percentage
Source: Statistics Canada, Census of Population, 2011.
Total	17,410	100.0
Number of foster children
One	7,845	45.1
Two	5,010	28.8
Three or more	4,555	26.2
Household type
Married couple	9,910	56.9
Common-law couple	2,165	12.4
Lone-parent family	2,430	14.0
Multiple-family	990	5.7
Other	1,915	11.0