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 0007.00

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	1,415	105	1,305	485	190	100	65	135	520	120	125	15	45	85	50	25	25	40	300	20	35	0	5	110	35	10	10	75	1.9
Couple census families with children^Footnote 2	1,155	75	1,080	355	155	65	45	100	460	115	115	10	40	75	40	20	20	30	265	20	30	0	5	95	30	10	5	65	2.0
Intact families	1,035	60	975	325	145	55	40	85	415	110	100	10	30	70	40	20	20	25	235	20	30	0	5	90	25	10	10	50	1.9
Stepfamilies^Footnote 3	120	10	105	35	10	10	5	10	45	5	15	0	10	5	5	5	0	5	30	0	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	15	2.0
Simple stepfamilies	85	15	70	35	10	10	5	10	35	0	10	5	5	0	5	5	0	5	5	0	0	0	0	5	5	0	0	0	1.6
Complex stepfamilies	35	0	35	0	0	0	0	0	15	5	0	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	20	0	0	0	0	5	5	0	0	15	3.0
Lone-parent census families	260	35	225	130	40	35	15	40	60	5	10	5	5	10	5	5	10	10	35	0	5	0	0	10	0	0	5	10	1.6
Male lone-parent census families	85	15	70	45	5	5	10	20	20	5	0	5	5	5	0	0	5	5	15	0	0	0	5	5	0	5	0	0	1.6
Female lone-parent census families	175	20	155	85	30	25	10	15	45	5	10	0	0	10	5	0	5	5	25	0	0	0	0	10	0	0	0	10	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) – 0007.00

• Incomplete enumeration flag
  Default. Not applicable.
• Short-form data quality flag
  Global non-response rate (GNR), short-form census questionnaire: 11.5%.
• Short-form income data quality flag
  Data quality index showing a short-form income non-response rate higher than or equal to 10%, but lower than 20%.

Source: Statistics Canada, 2016 Census of Population, Statistics Canada Catalogue no. 98-400-X2016026.