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 0576.32

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	2,100	285	1,815	530	195	140	45	145	865	115	185	15	100	145	90	85	60	80	425	15	35	0	15	90	55	35	35	140	1.9
Couple census families with children^Footnote 2	1,720	205	1,515	395	165	100	30	100	765	110	165	10	85	130	85	70	45	65	360	15	30	0	5	80	45	30	30	120	1.9
Intact families	1,580	185	1,405	365	160	90	30	85	725	105	160	10	75	125	75	65	45	55	315	15	30	0	10	80	45	30	25	90	1.9
Stepfamilies^Footnote 3	140	20	115	30	10	5	5	15	45	5	5	0	5	5	5	5	5	10	45	0	0	0	0	5	5	0	5	30	2.1
Simple stepfamilies	80	20	60	30	10	5	0	15	25	0	5	0	5	5	5	5	0	5	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	0	0	1.6
Complex stepfamilies	55	0	55	0	0	0	0	0	15	5	5	0	0	0	5	0	0	5	35	0	0	0	0	5	5	0	5	25	2.9
Lone-parent census families	385	80	300	135	25	40	15	45	100	5	20	5	20	15	0	15	10	10	65	0	5	0	5	10	10	5	5	25	1.7
Male lone-parent census families	70	15	55	30	5	10	0	10	20	5	0	0	5	5	0	0	0	0	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	0	0	1.6
Female lone-parent census families	310	70	240	105	25	35	15	35	80	5	20	5	10	10	5	10	5	10	60	0	5	0	0	5	10	5	5	25	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) – 0576.32

• Incomplete enumeration flag
  Default. Not applicable.
• Short-form data quality flag
  Global non-response rate (GNR), short-form census questionnaire: 1.8%.
• 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.