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 0010.00

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	1,285	100	1,185	405	90	100	60	155	560	60	160	15	65	60	80	60	20	30	225	10	45	0	10	70	35	15	5	35	1.8
Couple census families with children^Footnote 2	985	55	930	280	70	55	45	110	450	55	130	10	50	50	65	55	15	25	200	10	40	0	5	60	30	10	0	35	1.9
Intact families	795	40	750	220	65	45	25	85	385	50	110	10	40	45	60	45	15	10	145	10	35	0	10	45	20	5	0	15	1.9
Stepfamilies^Footnote 3	195	10	180	55	5	10	15	25	65	5	20	5	10	5	10	5	5	5	60	0	10	0	0	15	10	5	0	15	2.0
Simple stepfamilies	115	15	105	60	5	10	15	25	35	5	15	5	10	5	5	5	0	0	10	0	0	0	0	0	5	5	0	5	1.5
Complex stepfamilies	80	0	75	0	0	0	0	0	30	0	5	0	5	5	5	0	0	5	45	0	10	0	0	10	5	0	0	15	3.1
Lone-parent census families	300	40	255	125	20	40	15	45	110	5	30	5	20	10	15	10	5	10	25	0	0	0	0	0	5	0	0	5	1.6
Male lone-parent census families	85	5	75	45	5	15	10	15	30	0	10	5	5	5	10	5	0	5	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.4
Female lone-parent census families	215	35	180	80	15	25	10	30	80	5	25	0	15	10	10	5	0	10	15	0	5	0	0	0	5	0	0	5	1.6

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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) – 0010.00

• Incomplete enumeration flag
  Default. Not applicable.
• Short-form data quality flag
  Global non-response rate (GNR), short-form census questionnaire: 3.4%.
• 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.