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 0403.12

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	2,040	245	1,800	520	215	130	55	115	940	135	265	10	90	175	70	75	50	60	340	5	45	0	15	85	45	25	30	95	1.9
Couple census families with children^Footnote 2	1,775	155	1,620	435	195	110	45	95	875	130	250	10	80	165	65	70	40	55	315	10	40	0	15	80	45	15	25	85	1.9
Intact families	1,675	145	1,535	410	190	95	35	85	835	120	245	10	80	160	65	65	40	45	290	5	45	0	10	75	40	20	30	70	1.9
Stepfamilies^Footnote 3	100	10	90	25	0	10	10	10	40	10	5	0	0	5	5	5	0	5	25	0	0	0	0	5	5	5	0	20	2.0
Simple stepfamilies	70	10	60	25	5	10	5	5	25	5	5	0	5	5	0	0	0	5	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	1.7
Complex stepfamilies	30	0	35	0	0	0	0	0	15	0	0	0	0	0	5	5	0	5	20	0	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	10	2.4
Lone-parent census families	265	90	175	85	20	20	10	25	65	5	20	0	15	5	0	5	10	5	25	0	5	0	0	5	0	5	5	10	1.6
Male lone-parent census families	45	20	25	20	5	10	5	10	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.2
Female lone-parent census families	215	70	145	60	15	15	10	20	60	5	15	0	10	5	5	5	10	5	25	0	0	0	0	5	0	5	5	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) – 0403.12

• 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.