Census Family Structure Including Stepfamily Status (9) and Number and Age Combinations of Children (29) for Census Families with Children in Private Households of Census Metropolitan Areas, Tracted Census Agglomerations and Census Tracts, 2016 Census - 100% Data

This table details census family structure including stepfamily status and number and age combinations of children for census families with children in private households in 0230.01

Census family structure including stepfamily status (9)	Number and age combinations of children (29)
	Total - Census families with children	Families with children aged 25 and over only	Families with at least one child aged 0 to 24 years	1 child (aged 0 to 24 years)	0 to 5 years	6 to 14 years	15 to 17 years	18 to 24 years	2 children, of which at least one is aged 0 to 24 years	Both aged 0 to 5 years	Both aged 6 to 14 years	Both aged 15 to 17 years	Both aged 18 to 24 years	One aged 0 to 5 years and one aged 6 to 14 years	One aged 6 to 14 years and one aged 15 to 17 years	One aged 15 to 17 years and one aged 18 to 24 years	One aged 18 to 24 years and one aged 25 years and over	Other age combinations of children	3 or more children, of which at least one is aged 0 to 24 years	All aged 0 to 5 years	All aged 6 to 14 years	All aged 15 to 17 years	All aged 18 to 24 years	Some aged 0 to 5 years and some aged 6 to 14 years	Some aged 6 to 14 years and some aged 15 to 17 years	Some aged 15 to 17 years and some aged 18 to 24 years	Some aged 18 to 24 years and some aged 25 years and over	Other age combinations of children	Average number of children, all ages
Total - Census family structure^Footnote 1	1,380	100	1,280	510	140	120	50	210	605	90	150	15	105	85	60	60	20	30	165	5	30	0	5	45	20	20	0	30	1.7
Couple census families with children^Footnote 2	1,045	65	980	360	125	70	25	145	485	85	115	10	75	75	40	45	15	30	140	10	20	0	5	45	20	15	5	25	1.8
Intact families	850	50	800	300	115	55	20	110	405	80	90	5	65	70	30	40	15	15	90	10	15	0	5	30	15	10	5	10	1.7
Stepfamilies^Footnote 3	195	10	185	60	5	15	5	35	80	0	25	0	15	5	5	5	0	15	45	5	5	0	0	15	5	5	0	15	2.0
Simple stepfamilies	125	10	115	55	5	15	5	30	45	5	15	0	10	5	5	5	0	5	10	0	0	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	1.6
Complex stepfamilies	65	0	65	0	0	0	0	0	30	5	5	0	5	5	5	5	0	10	35	0	5	0	0	10	5	0	0	15	2.8
Lone-parent census families	340	40	305	155	15	50	25	70	120	5	35	5	25	10	20	15	5	10	25	0	10	0	0	5	0	5	0	0	1.5
Male lone-parent census families	100	10	85	50	5	20	5	25	30	0	10	0	5	0	5	5	0	0	5	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.4
Female lone-parent census families	240	25	215	105	10	30	20	45	95	5	25	0	20	5	20	10	0	5	15	0	5	0	5	0	0	5	0	0	1.5

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suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act

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Footnote(s)

Footnote 1

For more information, refer to the Census Dictionary: Census family structure.

Footnote 2

For more information about intact families and stepfamilies, refer to the Census Dictionary: Stepfamily status of couple family with children.

Footnote 3

For more information about simple and complex stepfamilies, refer to the Census Dictionary: Relationship structure of stepfamily.

Data quality note(s) – 0230.01

• Incomplete enumeration flag
  Default. Not applicable.
• Short-form data quality flag
  Global non-response rate (GNR), short-form census questionnaire: 1.7%.
• Short-form income data quality flag
  Default. Data quality index showing a short-form income non-response rate lower than 10%.

Source: Statistics Canada, 2016 Census of Population, Statistics Canada Catalogue no. 98-400-X2016026.