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 0076.16

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	2,825	170	2,655	975	585	195	60	135	1,150	340	260	10	60	265	80	45	45	50	530	40	70	0	10	200	45	20	40	105	1.8
Couple census families with children^Footnote 2	2,420	100	2,315	780	530	135	35	90	1,055	330	235	5	50	250	65	40	35	45	480	40	65	0	5	185	35	20	30	100	1.9
Intact families	2,230	95	2,135	730	515	115	25	70	980	325	220	10	45	235	55	30	30	30	425	40	60	0	10	160	30	15	25	80	1.9
Stepfamilies^Footnote 3	190	10	185	60	10	20	5	15	70	0	15	0	5	10	5	10	5	15	55	0	5	0	0	20	0	0	5	15	2.0
Simple stepfamilies	105	5	95	60	10	20	5	20	25	0	10	0	5	5	0	5	0	0	15	0	0	0	0	5	0	0	5	5	1.5
Complex stepfamilies	90	0	90	0	0	0	0	0	45	0	5	0	5	10	5	0	5	15	45	0	0	0	5	20	0	0	5	15	2.6
Lone-parent census families	405	70	330	190	55	60	25	45	100	5	25	5	5	20	10	10	5	10	45	0	0	0	5	10	5	5	5	10	1.5
Male lone-parent census families	100	15	85	50	15	15	10	10	25	0	5	0	0	5	5	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.5
Female lone-parent census families	310	55	250	140	40	45	15	35	70	10	20	0	5	15	5	5	5	5	40	0	5	0	5	10	5	5	5	5	1.6

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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) – 0076.16

• Incomplete enumeration flag
  Default. Not applicable.
• Short-form data quality flag
  Global non-response rate (GNR), short-form census questionnaire: 3.8%.
• 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.