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 0400.12

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	1,430	425	1,005	340	80	80	40	140	505	45	90	10	80	65	40	50	80	40	160	5	10	0	5	35	5	15	35	45	1.7
Couple census families with children^Footnote 2	1,120	295	825	260	60	60	25	110	425	40	75	10	65	55	35	35	70	35	140	5	10	0	5	35	5	15	35	30	1.7
Intact families	1,055	280	770	240	60	60	25	100	410	45	80	10	60	50	30	35	70	30	125	5	15	0	5	30	5	10	30	25	1.7
Stepfamilies^Footnote 3	65	15	50	20	0	5	5	15	15	0	0	0	5	0	0	5	0	10	10	0	0	0	5	5	0	0	0	5	1.7
Simple stepfamilies	45	15	30	20	5	5	5	10	10	0	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	1.3
Complex stepfamilies	20	0	15	0	0	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	10	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	2.5
Lone-parent census families	310	130	185	85	20	25	15	30	75	5	15	5	15	10	5	10	10	0	25	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	10	1.5
Male lone-parent census families	70	25	45	20	5	5	5	5	15	0	0	0	5	0	5	5	0	0	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.6
Female lone-parent census families	240	110	135	60	15	15	10	20	60	0	10	0	15	5	5	10	10	0	15	0	0	0	0	0	5	0	5	10	1.5

Symbol(s)

Symbol ..

not available for a specific reference period

Symbol ...

not applicable

Symbol x

suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act

Symbol F

too unreliable to be published

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) – 0400.12

• 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.