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 0017.00

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	790	155	635	290	90	80	30	90	250	35	40	5	35	45	20	35	15	20	95	0	10	0	5	20	10	15	10	25	1.6
Couple census families with children^Footnote 2	485	80	405	160	55	35	10	55	180	35	25	0	25	40	10	20	10	15	70	5	5	0	0	20	5	15	10	20	1.7
Intact families	395	65	330	130	50	30	5	40	145	30	25	0	20	30	10	20	10	5	50	0	0	0	0	10	5	5	5	15	1.7
Stepfamilies^Footnote 3	90	15	75	25	0	5	5	15	30	5	5	0	5	10	0	0	0	10	20	0	0	0	5	10	5	5	0	5	1.8
Simple stepfamilies	50	15	40	25	0	5	5	10	10	0	0	0	5	5	0	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	1.3
Complex stepfamilies	40	5	40	0	0	0	0	0	25	0	0	0	0	5	0	5	0	5	15	0	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	5	2.5
Lone-parent census families	305	75	230	135	35	45	20	35	70	5	15	0	5	10	10	10	5	5	30	0	5	0	0	5	0	0	0	10	1.5
Male lone-parent census families	55	20	40	25	0	10	0	10	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	0	1.2
Female lone-parent census families	250	55	195	105	30	35	15	25	65	0	15	0	5	5	5	10	5	5	20	0	5	0	0	0	0	5	0	10	1.5

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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) – 0017.00

• Incomplete enumeration flag
  Default. Not applicable.
• Short-form data quality flag
  Global non-response rate (GNR), short-form census questionnaire: 3.1%.
• 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.