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 0002.00

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	830	165	655	245	60	50	35	95	290	35	60	10	55	20	35	45	15	20	120	0	20	0	15	25	10	25	5	30	1.7
Couple census families with children^Footnote 2	590	85	500	165	45	35	20	65	235	30	50	10	45	20	20	30	10	20	105	5	10	0	10	20	5	20	5	30	1.8
Intact families	505	70	430	135	45	25	15	55	205	30	45	10	40	20	20	20	10	10	95	0	15	0	10	15	5	20	5	20	1.9
Stepfamilies^Footnote 3	85	20	70	30	0	10	5	10	25	5	5	0	5	0	0	10	5	5	10	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	1.6
Simple stepfamilies	75	20	55	30	0	10	5	10	20	0	5	0	5	0	0	5	0	5	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.5
Complex stepfamilies	15	0	15	0	0	0	0	0	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	2.3
Lone-parent census families	240	80	155	80	15	15	15	35	65	5	10	5	15	0	15	15	5	0	15	0	5	0	0	0	5	0	0	5	1.4
Male lone-parent census families	70	20	45	25	5	10	5	10	20	0	5	0	5	0	5	5	0	5	5	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.5
Female lone-parent census families	175	60	110	55	10	10	10	20	45	0	10	5	5	0	10	10	5	0	15	0	0	0	0	0	5	5	0	5	1.5

Symbol(s)

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not applicable

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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) – 0002.00

• Incomplete enumeration flag
  Default. Not applicable.
• Short-form data quality flag
  Global non-response rate (GNR), short-form census questionnaire: 5.5%.
• Short-form income data quality flag
  Data quality index showing a short-form income non-response rate higher than or equal to 10%, but lower than 20%.

Source: Statistics Canada, 2016 Census of Population, Statistics Canada Catalogue no. 98-400-X2016026.