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 0852.01

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	1,580	135	1,445	455	150	110	45	155	740	135	185	15	90	110	75	55	25	45	260	15	40	0	10	75	40	20	5	60	1.8
Couple census families with children^Footnote 2	1,325	85	1,240	360	130	70	35	120	645	125	155	10	80	95	70	60	25	30	240	15	35	0	5	70	35	15	5	55	1.9
Intact families	1,100	70	1,030	300	125	60	25	95	550	125	140	10	55	85	55	50	15	10	180	15	35	0	10	55	25	15	5	35	1.9
Stepfamilies^Footnote 3	225	20	210	55	5	15	10	25	95	5	15	5	20	15	10	5	10	15	60	0	5	0	0	15	10	5	0	25	2.0
Simple stepfamilies	125	15	105	55	5	15	10	25	45	0	15	0	15	0	0	5	5	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	1.4
Complex stepfamilies	100	0	105	0	0	0	0	0	50	5	0	0	10	15	5	5	5	20	50	0	5	0	0	15	5	5	0	25	2.7
Lone-parent census families	255	45	210	95	15	35	10	35	95	10	35	5	10	15	5	5	5	10	20	0	0	0	0	5	5	0	0	5	1.6
Male lone-parent census families	95	20	75	40	5	10	0	20	30	0	5	0	5	5	0	0	0	5	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.5
Female lone-parent census families	160	25	130	55	10	25	5	15	65	5	25	0	5	10	5	0	5	10	10	0	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	5	1.6

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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) – 0852.01

• Incomplete enumeration flag
  Default. Not applicable.
• Short-form data quality flag
  Global non-response rate (GNR), short-form census questionnaire: 1.6%.
• 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.