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 0803.05

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	1,520	235	1,290	400	120	115	30	140	635	65	135	15	80	70	70	65	70	60	250	10	30	0	10	50	20	25	25	80	1.8
Couple census families with children^Footnote 2	1,215	150	1,070	305	110	75	30	90	555	60	110	15	65	65	65	55	70	50	210	10	30	0	5	45	20	20	20	60	1.9
Intact families	1,115	135	980	275	110	65	20	75	520	60	110	10	60	60	60	50	65	45	185	10	25	0	5	40	20	15	20	50	1.9
Stepfamilies^Footnote 3	105	15	85	30	0	10	5	15	35	5	5	0	5	0	0	5	5	10	25	0	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	10	2.0
Simple stepfamilies	70	15	55	30	0	15	5	15	20	5	5	5	5	0	0	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.5
Complex stepfamilies	35	0	30	0	0	0	0	0	15	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	20	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	10	2.7
Lone-parent census families	300	80	220	95	15	35	5	45	80	5	20	0	15	5	5	15	10	5	40	0	5	0	0	5	0	10	5	20	1.7
Male lone-parent census families	50	10	40	20	0	0	5	10	10	0	5	0	5	0	0	5	0	0	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	0	5	1.6
Female lone-parent census families	255	70	185	80	10	30	0	35	70	0	15	5	10	10	5	10	10	5	35	0	5	0	0	5	0	5	5	15	1.7

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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) – 0803.05

• Incomplete enumeration flag
  Default. Not applicable.
• Short-form data quality flag
  Global non-response rate (GNR), short-form census questionnaire: 2.1%.
• 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.