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 0126.07

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	1,805	190	1,615	445	140	115	50	145	810	95	230	15	80	125	105	70	50	45	360	15	40	5	15	90	50	25	25	110	1.9
Couple census families with children^Footnote 2	1,475	125	1,350	325	115	75	30	110	710	90	195	15	65	120	90	60	35	45	315	10	35	0	10	80	40	20	25	100	2.0
Intact families	1,335	110	1,220	285	110	65	20	90	660	90	180	10	65	105	85	55	30	35	270	5	30	0	10	70	35	15	25	75	2.0
Stepfamilies^Footnote 3	145	15	130	40	5	10	5	15	50	0	10	5	0	10	5	10	5	5	45	0	0	0	0	10	0	0	0	25	2.1
Simple stepfamilies	75	15	60	35	0	10	5	15	20	0	10	5	5	5	0	5	0	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	1.4
Complex stepfamilies	70	5	70	0	0	0	0	0	30	0	5	0	0	5	5	5	5	5	40	0	0	0	5	5	5	0	5	25	3.0
Lone-parent census families	330	65	265	120	25	40	25	35	100	5	35	5	15	10	10	5	15	5	50	0	5	0	0	5	5	5	5	10	1.7
Male lone-parent census families	70	15	60	30	5	5	5	10	20	0	10	0	0	0	5	5	5	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.6
Female lone-parent census families	260	50	210	85	20	35	15	25	85	5	30	0	10	10	10	5	5	0	35	5	10	0	0	10	5	5	0	5	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) – 0126.07

• Incomplete enumeration flag
  Default. Not applicable.
• Short-form data quality flag
  Global non-response rate (GNR), short-form census questionnaire: 2.0%.
• 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.