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 0827.04

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	1,955	105	1,850	590	160	175	75	185	935	110	330	10	85	155	95	80	15	50	325	10	65	0	5	105	35	20	10	65	1.8
Couple census families with children^Footnote 2	1,585	55	1,530	425	140	115	40	120	810	110	285	10	70	145	80	70	10	40	295	10	55	0	5	100	30	20	5	65	1.9
Intact families	1,350	50	1,305	355	140	100	30	90	715	100	265	5	55	135	65	60	10	25	235	10	50	0	10	95	25	10	5	35	1.9
Stepfamilies^Footnote 3	240	15	230	70	5	15	10	35	100	10	25	5	15	10	15	15	0	15	60	0	5	0	0	10	10	10	0	25	2.0
Simple stepfamilies	145	10	140	70	5	15	15	35	55	5	20	5	10	0	10	10	5	0	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	1.6
Complex stepfamilies	90	0	90	0	0	0	0	0	35	0	5	0	5	10	5	5	0	15	50	0	5	0	0	5	5	5	5	25	2.8
Lone-parent census families	365	45	315	170	15	55	30	65	120	5	45	5	10	10	15	10	10	10	30	0	5	0	0	5	10	0	5	5	1.5
Male lone-parent census families	110	10	100	55	5	15	15	20	45	0	15	0	5	5	5	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	5	0	0	0	1.5
Female lone-parent census families	250	30	215	110	10	40	20	40	80	0	30	0	10	5	10	5	5	5	25	0	5	0	0	5	5	5	0	5	1.5

Symbol(s)

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not available for a specific reference period

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not applicable

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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) – 0827.04

• Incomplete enumeration flag
  Default. Not applicable.
• Short-form data quality flag
  Global non-response rate (GNR), short-form census questionnaire: 1.3%.
• 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.