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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

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This table details presence of children , number of children at home and census family structure for the census families in private households in Nova Scotia / Nouvelle-Écosse
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
Total - Census families by number of children 270,065 223,335 184,870 38,460 46,735 37,625 9,110
Without children 121,240 121,235 97,760 23,475 0 0 0
With children 148,830 102,095 87,110 14,985 46,730 37,625 9,110
1 child 75,040 45,775 37,995 7,775 29,265 22,965 6,295
2 children 53,650 40,840 35,825 5,015 12,815 10,630 2,185
3 or more children 20,140 15,485 13,295 2,195 4,655 4,030 630
Total number of children in census families 248,885 178,570 153,395 25,175 70,315 57,595 12,725
Average number of children per census family 0.9 0.8 0.8 0.7 1.5 1.5 1.4

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Source: Statistics Canada, 2011 Census of Population, Statistics Canada Catalogue no. 98-312-XCB2011019.

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