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 0085.02

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	1,290	270	1,020	290	95	65	25	100	540	65	110	15	85	70	55	35	60	50	185	5	15	0	10	45	20	25	25	55	1.8
Couple census families with children^Footnote 2	1,000	185	815	195	80	40	10	70	455	65	90	10	70	55	50	30	55	40	160	5	10	0	10	35	15	25	20	45	1.9
Intact families	930	170	755	185	80	35	10	60	425	60	85	10	65	50	45	30	55	25	145	5	10	0	5	35	20	20	20	45	1.9
Stepfamilies^Footnote 3	70	10	60	15	0	5	0	5	35	0	5	0	5	5	5	0	0	10	15	0	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	5	2.0
Simple stepfamilies	45	15	30	15	0	5	0	5	20	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.6
Complex stepfamilies	30	0	25	0	0	0	0	0	15	0	5	0	0	5	5	0	0	10	10	0	0	0	5	5	0	5	0	5	2.8
Lone-parent census families	295	95	205	90	15	30	10	35	85	5	20	0	15	15	5	5	5	15	25	0	5	0	5	10	0	0	5	5	1.5
Male lone-parent census families	65	20	40	25	5	5	5	15	15	5	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.3
Female lone-parent census families	230	75	165	65	15	20	5	25	75	5	20	0	10	15	5	5	5	10	20	0	0	0	5	5	5	0	0	5	1.6

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not applicable

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suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act

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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) – 0085.02

• Incomplete enumeration flag
  Default. Not applicable.
• Short-form data quality flag
  Global non-response rate (GNR), short-form census questionnaire: 2.2%.
• 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.