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 0287.13

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	1,860	250	1,605	665	150	200	100	215	765	80	145	10	105	95	90	80	80	85	175	5	5	0	10	30	30	20	20	55	1.6
Couple census families with children^Footnote 2	1,435	185	1,250	470	130	145	60	135	630	70	115	10	85	85	70	65	65	70	145	0	10	0	5	30	20	15	20	45	1.7
Intact families	1,330	170	1,160	435	125	135	55	120	595	70	105	10	75	75	65	65	60	60	130	5	5	0	5	25	20	15	20	40	1.7
Stepfamilies^Footnote 3	105	15	90	40	5	10	5	20	40	0	10	0	10	5	5	0	0	5	15	0	0	0	0	5	5	0	0	5	1.7
Simple stepfamilies	80	15	75	40	5	5	5	20	30	5	5	0	10	5	5	5	5	5	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	1.5
Complex stepfamilies	20	5	20	0	0	0	0	0	10	0	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	5	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	2.5
Lone-parent census families	430	65	360	195	20	55	30	80	135	5	30	5	20	15	20	15	15	15	30	0	5	0	5	0	5	5	0	15	1.5
Male lone-parent census families	60	10	50	35	5	10	5	15	15	0	5	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	0	5	1.5
Female lone-parent census families	365	60	305	165	20	50	30	65	120	5	30	0	15	15	15	20	10	10	20	0	0	0	5	0	5	0	0	10	1.5

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suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act

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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) – 0287.13

• Incomplete enumeration flag
  Default. Not applicable.
• Short-form data quality flag
  Global non-response rate (GNR), short-form census questionnaire: 2.6%.
• 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.