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 0104.37

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	2,175	140	2,040	785	335	195	75	180	940	180	260	15	55	210	90	45	30	65	310	30	40	0	10	115	35	15	5	60	1.8
Couple census families with children^Footnote 2	1,800	80	1,720	580	280	135	50	115	855	170	230	10	50	195	80	40	25	60	285	25	35	0	5	105	35	15	10	50	1.8
Intact families	1,650	65	1,580	520	270	115	40	100	800	165	220	10	45	180	75	35	20	50	255	25	35	0	5	100	30	10	10	35	1.8
Stepfamilies^Footnote 3	150	10	140	60	10	25	10	15	55	5	10	5	5	10	0	5	5	5	25	0	0	0	5	5	5	5	0	10	1.7
Simple stepfamilies	100	10	90	60	10	25	10	15	25	5	10	5	5	0	0	0	5	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.4
Complex stepfamilies	50	0	50	0	0	0	0	0	25	0	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	5	25	5	0	0	5	10	0	0	0	10	2.6
Lone-parent census families	370	55	315	205	50	60	25	65	90	10	30	0	5	10	5	5	5	10	30	0	5	0	0	5	0	0	5	15	1.4
Male lone-parent census families	80	10	70	45	5	15	10	10	20	5	10	0	0	5	0	0	5	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.4
Female lone-parent census families	295	50	250	160	45	45	15	60	65	10	20	5	5	5	5	0	5	10	25	0	0	0	0	5	5	0	0	10	1.5

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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) – 0104.37

• Incomplete enumeration flag
  Default. Not applicable.
• Short-form data quality flag
  Global non-response rate (GNR), short-form census questionnaire: 3.9%.
• 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.