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2011 Census of Canada: Topic-based tabulations
Topic-based tabulation: Presence of Children (5), Number of Children at Home (8) and Census Family Structure (7) for the Census Families in Private Households of Canada, Provinces, Territories, Census Metropolitan Areas and Census Agglomerations, 2006 and 2011 Censuses
Data table
| Number of children at home (8) | Census family structure (7) | ||||||
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| Total - Census family structure | Total couple families | Married couple families | Common-law couple families | Total lone-parent families | Female parent families | Male parent families | |
| Total - Census families by number of children | 1,529,235 | 1,256,915 | 1,132,225 | 124,690 | 272,325 | 224,845 | 47,475 |
| Without children | 464,045 | 464,050 | 385,825 | 78,220 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| With children | 1,065,190 | 792,870 | 746,400 | 46,470 | 272,320 | 224,850 | 47,480 |
| 1 child | 455,235 | 295,435 | 272,540 | 22,895 | 159,800 | 129,030 | 30,770 |
| 2 children | 434,295 | 353,960 | 337,385 | 16,580 | 80,340 | 67,575 | 12,765 |
| 3 or more children | 175,660 | 143,475 | 136,480 | 6,995 | 32,190 | 28,245 | 3,945 |
| Total number of children in census families | 1,905,105 | 1,476,160 | 1,396,725 | 79,440 | 428,940 | 359,650 | 69,290 |
| Average number of children per census family | 1.2 | 1.2 | 1.2 | 0.6 | 1.6 | 1.6 | 1.5 |
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Source: Statistics Canada, 2011 Census of Population, Statistics Canada Catalogue no. 98-312-XCB2011019.
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