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 0008.07

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	1,560	190	1,365	435	140	110	40	145	660	110	140	15	95	95	80	55	40	35	270	10	35	0	10	70	30	20	15	85	1.8
Couple census families with children^Footnote 2	1,270	130	1,140	335	115	80	30	110	570	100	120	10	80	90	70	40	30	35	240	10	30	0	10	60	25	20	15	70	1.9
Intact families	1,105	105	1,000	295	110	65	25	95	520	100	110	10	75	85	60	40	30	25	180	5	30	0	10	50	20	15	10	45	1.9
Stepfamilies^Footnote 3	165	25	140	35	5	15	0	15	50	0	10	0	5	0	10	5	0	10	50	0	5	0	0	10	5	0	0	30	2.1
Simple stepfamilies	90	25	65	35	0	15	0	20	25	5	10	0	10	0	5	5	0	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	1.4
Complex stepfamilies	75	5	75	0	0	0	0	0	25	0	5	0	5	5	5	5	0	5	45	0	5	0	0	10	5	0	0	30	3.0
Lone-parent census families	285	60	230	105	25	30	15	35	90	5	20	5	15	5	10	15	10	5	35	0	0	0	0	5	0	5	0	10	1.6
Male lone-parent census families	50	5	45	25	5	5	0	10	15	5	5	5	5	0	5	0	0	0	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	1.7
Female lone-parent census families	240	55	180	80	25	25	10	20	80	0	20	5	20	5	5	10	10	5	25	0	5	0	0	5	0	5	0	5	1.6

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suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act

Symbol F

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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) – 0008.07

• Incomplete enumeration flag
  Default. Not applicable.
• Short-form data quality flag
  Global non-response rate (GNR), short-form census questionnaire: 2.3%.
• 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.