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 0104.28

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	185	1,530	435	180	90	45	120	765	95	170	15	90	115	90	90	50	50	330	5	35	0	15	65	40	20	20	110	1.9
Couple census families with children^Footnote 2	1,500	135	1,365	355	155	70	35	95	720	85	160	15	90	110	85	80	50	45	290	5	35	0	15	65	35	20	15	105	1.9
Intact families	1,410	125	1,280	325	150	65	30	80	690	90	155	15	85	105	75	80	45	35	265	5	35	0	15	60	35	15	15	85	1.9
Stepfamilies^Footnote 3	95	10	90	30	5	5	5	15	35	0	5	0	5	5	5	0	5	10	25	0	0	0	0	10	0	5	0	15	2.1
Simple stepfamilies	55	10	55	30	5	5	0	20	15	0	10	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	0	1.5
Complex stepfamilies	40	5	40	0	0	0	0	0	15	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	5	5	20	0	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	15	3.0
Lone-parent census families	210	50	160	80	30	20	15	20	45	5	10	0	0	0	5	10	0	5	35	0	5	0	0	5	5	5	10	10	1.7
Male lone-parent census families	50	10	40	20	10	0	5	5	15	0	5	0	0	0	0	5	0	5	10	0	0	0	0	5	0	0	5	5	1.8
Female lone-parent census families	160	40	120	60	20	15	10	15	30	0	5	0	0	0	10	5	0	5	25	0	5	0	0	5	0	5	5	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) – 0104.28

• Incomplete enumeration flag
  Default. Not applicable.
• Short-form data quality flag
  Global non-response rate (GNR), short-form census questionnaire: 3.3%.
• 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.