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 0009.04

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	1,115	190	920	365	120	100	35	120	390	65	60	15	55	65	45	30	25	35	165	5	15	0	5	45	20	15	15	45	1.7
Couple census families with children^Footnote 2	760	100	665	240	95	50	20	75	295	55	40	10	40	50	35	25	20	25	125	5	10	0	5	35	15	15	10	30	1.8
Intact families	640	80	565	205	95	40	10	60	255	50	35	10	40	40	30	20	15	15	105	5	10	0	5	25	10	10	5	25	1.8
Stepfamilies^Footnote 3	120	20	100	35	5	15	5	15	40	5	0	0	5	5	5	0	0	5	30	0	0	0	0	10	5	5	5	10	1.9
Simple stepfamilies	75	20	55	35	5	10	5	15	20	5	5	0	5	0	0	0	0	5	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	1.4
Complex stepfamilies	45	0	45	0	0	0	0	0	20	5	0	0	0	5	5	0	0	5	25	0	0	0	0	5	5	0	5	5	2.7
Lone-parent census families	350	95	260	125	20	45	20	45	100	10	20	0	10	20	10	5	10	15	35	0	0	0	0	10	0	5	5	15	1.6
Male lone-parent census families	65	20	45	20	5	5	5	10	15	0	5	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	1.4
Female lone-parent census families	290	75	215	100	15	40	15	35	80	5	20	0	5	15	5	10	10	10	35	0	0	0	0	5	5	0	5	10	1.6

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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) – 0009.04

• 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.