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 0234.00

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	1,430	275	1,155	375	95	110	40	125	545	80	105	10	85	85	50	40	55	35	235	5	25	0	5	50	25	20	15	85	1.8
Couple census families with children^Footnote 2	1,065	180	890	250	80	70	15	85	450	80	85	10	60	75	45	35	40	25	185	5	15	5	10	35	20	15	10	70	1.9
Intact families	985	170	815	230	80	70	15	75	420	75	80	10	60	70	45	35	30	20	160	5	15	0	5	35	20	20	10	50	1.9
Stepfamilies^Footnote 3	80	10	70	20	0	5	0	10	30	0	10	0	0	5	0	0	5	5	25	0	0	0	0	0	5	0	5	15	2.1
Simple stepfamilies	50	10	40	20	0	5	5	10	20	0	5	0	0	5	0	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.8
Complex stepfamilies	30	0	30	0	0	0	0	0	10	0	0	0	0	5	0	5	5	0	15	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	15	2.4
Lone-parent census families	360	95	265	125	20	40	25	40	90	5	20	5	20	5	5	5	20	10	50	0	0	0	0	15	10	5	10	15	1.7
Male lone-parent census families	55	10	45	30	5	10	5	15	10	0	0	0	0	0	5	0	5	0	5	0	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	0	1.5
Female lone-parent census families	305	85	220	90	10	30	20	30	80	0	20	5	25	5	5	5	15	10	50	0	5	0	0	10	5	5	5	15	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) – 0234.00

• Incomplete enumeration flag
  Default. Not applicable.
• Short-form data quality flag
  Global non-response rate (GNR), short-form census questionnaire: 4.8%.
• 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.