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 0210.00

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	1,170	125	1,045	445	110	100	50	180	445	75	105	20	70	70	50	35	10	20	155	0	20	5	0	70	20	10	5	20	1.7
Couple census families with children^Footnote 2	875	75	800	305	85	50	30	135	365	65	85	15	60	60	30	25	10	20	130	0	20	5	5	55	20	10	5	20	1.7
Intact families	670	70	605	225	75	40	10	95	295	55	70	10	50	50	25	20	10	10	85	5	15	0	5	40	5	10	0	10	1.7
Stepfamilies^Footnote 3	205	10	195	75	10	10	15	40	75	10	20	5	5	15	10	5	0	10	50	0	10	0	0	20	10	0	0	10	1.9
Simple stepfamilies	135	10	130	75	10	10	15	45	45	5	15	5	0	5	0	5	0	5	10	0	5	0	0	5	5	0	0	0	1.5
Complex stepfamilies	65	0	65	0	0	0	0	0	35	5	0	0	5	10	5	5	0	5	35	0	5	0	0	20	5	0	0	10	2.6
Lone-parent census families	295	50	245	145	30	45	25	45	80	5	25	5	10	10	20	10	0	0	25	0	5	0	0	10	5	0	0	10	1.4
Male lone-parent census families	90	15	80	45	5	15	10	15	30	5	5	0	5	5	10	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	0	1.6
Female lone-parent census families	200	35	165	100	20	35	15	35	50	10	15	5	5	5	5	10	0	5	15	0	5	0	0	10	5	0	0	5	1.4

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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) – 0210.00

• Incomplete enumeration flag
  Default. Not applicable.
• Short-form data quality flag
  Global non-response rate (GNR), short-form census questionnaire: 2.8%.
• 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.