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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 and Forward Sortation Areas, 2011 Census ©

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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 H2KFootnote 1
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 5,480 4,210 1,810 2,400 1,270 1,025 245
Without children 2,770 2,770 965 1,800 0 0 0
With children 2,715 1,440 840 600 1,275 1,025 245
1 child 1,655 760 390 365 895 710 185
2 children 735 480 290 190 265 215 45
3 or more children 320 200 155 40 120 100 10
Total number of children in census families 4,220 2,395 1,510 890 1,820 1,500 320
Average number of children per census family 0.8 0.6 0.8 0.4 1.4 1.5 1.3

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Footnote(s)

Footnote 1

Data quality index showing a global non response rate higher than or equal to 5% but lower than 10%.

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Source: Statistics Canada, 2011 Census of Population, Statistics Canada Catalogue no. 98-312-XCB2011020.


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