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 0688.04

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	1,095	115	985	375	115	85	30	140	420	55	95	10	40	70	50	50	20	25	195	10	20	0	10	60	15	15	5	50	1.8
Couple census families with children^Footnote 2	800	75	725	250	85	50	15	95	315	45	70	5	30	55	40	40	15	15	160	5	15	0	5	55	15	10	5	45	1.9
Intact families	645	65	585	200	85	40	15	65	270	45	70	5	25	50	30	35	10	5	110	10	15	0	10	35	10	5	5	30	1.8
Stepfamilies^Footnote 3	155	10	145	50	5	10	5	30	40	5	5	5	10	10	5	5	0	10	55	0	0	0	0	20	5	5	5	20	2.1
Simple stepfamilies	85	15	70	50	5	15	5	25	15	0	5	0	10	5	0	0	0	5	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	0	5	1.4
Complex stepfamilies	75	0	75	0	0	0	0	0	25	5	5	0	5	5	5	5	0	5	45	0	5	0	0	20	0	5	0	15	3.1
Lone-parent census families	295	35	260	125	30	35	15	45	105	5	25	5	10	10	15	10	5	10	30	0	5	0	0	5	5	5	0	10	1.6
Male lone-parent census families	90	10	80	45	15	10	5	15	30	0	10	5	0	5	0	0	5	5	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.4
Female lone-parent census families	205	25	185	80	15	25	10	30	80	5	15	5	5	10	10	10	5	5	25	5	5	0	0	10	5	0	0	10	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) – 0688.04

• 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.