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	1,210	210	1,000	510	170	135	75	130	360	70	75	5	15	70	50	35	15	30	125	10	15	0	5	35	20	5	5	40	1.6
Couple census families with children^Footnote 2	595	60	535	255	125	40	30	60	200	55	35	0	10	50	25	10	10	10	80	5	10	0	0	25	15	0	5	20	1.7
Intact families	470	45	430	210	120	30	20	40	165	50	30	0	10	40	15	5	10	5	60	5	10	0	5	20	10	5	5	15	1.7
Stepfamilies^Footnote 3	125	20	110	45	5	15	10	15	40	0	5	0	5	10	10	5	0	5	25	0	5	0	0	10	5	0	0	10	1.8
Simple stepfamilies	85	20	60	50	5	10	10	15	15	0	5	0	0	5	5	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	1.2
Complex stepfamilies	45	0	45	0	0	0	0	0	25	0	5	0	5	10	0	5	0	5	20	0	0	0	0	5	5	0	0	5	2.6
Lone-parent census families	610	150	460	255	45	95	45	70	160	20	40	5	10	15	30	20	10	20	45	0	5	0	0	10	10	0	0	20	1.5
Male lone-parent census families	90	20	75	50	10	20	15	10	20	0	10	0	5	0	5	0	0	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	1.4
Female lone-parent census families	520	130	385	205	40	70	35	65	135	15	30	0	5	15	20	20	10	15	45	0	5	0	0	10	5	5	0	20	1.5

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suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act

Symbol F

too unreliable to be published

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: 6.1%.
• 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.