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 0001.02

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	1,180	165	1,020	390	105	100	45	135	450	70	75	15	85	65	30	65	25	25	180	10	20	0	10	45	25	20	10	40	1.7
Couple census families with children^Footnote 2	740	100	640	205	75	40	15	80	300	55	50	10	55	45	15	35	15	20	130	10	15	0	10	30	15	15	10	25	1.8
Intact families	605	85	520	175	70	35	10	60	255	55	40	5	50	30	15	35	15	10	95	10	10	0	5	25	15	10	10	15	1.8
Stepfamilies^Footnote 3	130	15	115	35	5	5	5	20	50	0	10	0	10	15	0	5	0	10	30	5	5	0	0	10	0	0	5	15	2.0
Simple stepfamilies	75	15	60	35	5	5	5	20	15	0	5	5	5	5	0	0	5	5	5	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	1.5
Complex stepfamilies	55	0	55	0	0	0	0	0	25	0	10	0	0	10	0	5	0	5	25	0	5	0	0	10	5	0	0	5	2.6
Lone-parent census families	440	65	375	180	35	60	30	55	150	15	25	5	30	20	10	20	10	5	50	0	5	0	0	10	10	10	5	15	1.6
Male lone-parent census families	70	10	60	35	10	10	10	15	20	5	5	0	5	0	0	5	0	5	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.4
Female lone-parent census families	370	55	315	150	30	50	20	45	125	10	20	5	25	25	10	20	10	10	45	0	0	0	0	10	10	5	0	15	1.6

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) – 0001.02

• Incomplete enumeration flag
  Default. Not applicable.
• Short-form data quality flag
  Global non-response rate (GNR), short-form census questionnaire: 2.8%.
• 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.