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 0076.18

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	1,710	160	1,555	455	145	135	65	110	745	100	215	10	60	130	95	60	40	40	350	15	40	0	15	100	40	15	20	100	1.9
Couple census families with children^Footnote 2	1,470	115	1,355	365	125	110	50	80	675	100	200	10	50	125	85	45	30	40	310	15	35	0	15	100	35	15	20	90	1.9
Intact families	1,390	110	1,275	330	120	100	40	75	655	95	195	10	45	120	80	45	25	35	290	15	30	0	10	85	35	15	20	75	1.9
Stepfamilies^Footnote 3	80	5	75	30	5	10	10	5	25	0	5	0	0	0	5	5	0	5	20	0	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	15	1.9
Simple stepfamilies	55	5	50	30	5	5	10	5	15	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.5
Complex stepfamilies	25	0	30	0	0	0	0	0	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	20	0	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	10	2.5
Lone-parent census families	240	45	195	90	20	25	15	30	65	0	15	0	10	5	10	10	10	5	35	0	5	0	5	5	5	5	5	10	1.7
Male lone-parent census families	50	10	45	20	0	10	0	5	20	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	5	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.5
Female lone-parent census families	190	35	150	70	15	20	10	25	50	0	10	0	10	10	5	10	5	5	35	0	5	0	5	5	10	5	5	5	1.7

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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) – 0076.18

• Incomplete enumeration flag
  Default. Not applicable.
• Short-form data quality flag
  Global non-response rate (GNR), short-form census questionnaire: 1.7%.
• 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.