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 0369.00

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	1,610	310	1,295	390	125	100	45	120	465	60	90	10	55	70	40	40	50	40	445	15	40	0	15	115	40	40	30	145	2.0
Couple census families with children^Footnote 2	1,150	170	975	260	100	65	30	65	360	50	70	10	45	65	35	30	35	25	360	10	30	0	10	100	30	30	25	120	2.2
Intact families	1,050	150	905	240	100	60	20	60	335	50	65	10	35	65	35	30	35	15	325	15	30	0	10	85	30	25	20	110	2.1
Stepfamilies^Footnote 3	95	20	75	20	5	5	5	10	30	0	5	0	5	0	0	0	0	5	30	0	5	0	0	10	5	0	0	10	2.1
Simple stepfamilies	60	15	45	20	5	0	5	10	15	0	5	0	0	0	5	5	0	0	10	0	0	0	0	5	0	0	5	0	1.6
Complex stepfamilies	35	5	30	0	0	0	0	0	15	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	10	20	0	5	0	0	10	0	0	0	10	3.0
Lone-parent census families	460	140	320	130	25	35	10	55	105	5	20	5	15	5	5	10	15	15	85	0	0	0	5	20	5	5	10	30	1.7
Male lone-parent census families	80	30	45	25	5	5	5	15	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	10	0	0	0	0	5	0	5	5	0	1.5
Female lone-parent census families	385	110	275	105	25	30	10	40	100	10	15	5	15	5	10	15	15	15	75	5	5	0	5	15	10	10	10	30	1.8

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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) – 0369.00

• Incomplete enumeration flag
  Default. Not applicable.
• Short-form data quality flag
  Global non-response rate (GNR), short-form census questionnaire: 2.0%.
• 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.