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 0022.00

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	1,100	70	1,030	335	145	90	35	60	515	110	160	15	30	100	45	30	5	20	185	15	20	0	5	80	25	5	0	25	1.8
Couple census families with children^Footnote 2	815	30	785	230	125	50	20	35	410	100	125	10	25	80	25	25	5	10	150	15	20	0	5	65	20	5	0	15	1.9
Intact families	740	25	720	205	120	45	15	30	380	100	115	10	20	80	25	20	5	5	130	15	20	0	5	60	15	0	0	10	1.9
Stepfamilies^Footnote 3	75	5	70	20	5	5	0	5	30	5	10	0	5	5	0	5	0	0	15	0	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	5	1.9
Simple stepfamilies	45	5	45	20	5	10	5	10	20	0	5	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	5	0	0	1.6
Complex stepfamilies	25	0	25	0	0	0	0	0	10	0	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	0	15	0	5	0	0	5	0	0	0	5	2.6
Lone-parent census families	290	40	250	110	20	45	15	30	105	10	30	5	10	15	20	5	0	10	35	0	5	0	5	15	5	5	5	5	1.7
Male lone-parent census families	40	5	35	15	0	5	5	5	20	5	5	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.5
Female lone-parent census families	250	30	215	95	15	40	15	20	90	10	25	0	5	15	15	10	5	5	35	0	5	0	0	15	5	0	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) – 0022.00

• Incomplete enumeration flag
  Default. Not applicable.
• Short-form data quality flag
  Global non-response rate (GNR), short-form census questionnaire: 9.7%.
• 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.