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 0630.01

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	1,760	155	1,600	680	230	175	75	200	670	145	155	15	75	110	50	50	25	45	260	15	35	5	10	90	35	15	5	60	1.7
Couple census families with children^Footnote 2	1,215	85	1,125	415	170	95	30	115	500	130	105	10	60	95	35	30	15	25	210	15	25	0	5	85	25	10	5	40	1.8
Intact families	950	65	880	335	165	70	15	85	415	125	90	10	50	70	25	20	15	15	125	15	15	0	5	50	10	10	5	15	1.8
Stepfamilies^Footnote 3	260	20	240	80	10	20	15	35	85	5	15	0	5	25	5	15	5	10	80	0	5	0	0	30	15	0	0	25	2.1
Simple stepfamilies	135	15	115	75	10	20	15	35	35	5	5	5	0	5	5	10	0	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	0	0	1.3
Complex stepfamilies	130	0	125	0	0	0	0	0	50	0	10	0	5	15	5	5	0	15	75	0	5	0	0	25	10	0	0	25	2.8
Lone-parent census families	555	75	480	265	55	85	40	80	160	15	50	5	20	20	15	15	5	20	50	0	5	0	0	10	10	0	0	20	1.5
Male lone-parent census families	135	20	115	70	10	25	10	25	45	5	15	0	5	5	5	5	0	5	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.4
Female lone-parent census families	415	55	355	200	45	60	35	60	120	15	35	0	15	10	10	15	5	15	45	0	5	0	0	10	5	5	0	20	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) – 0630.01

• Incomplete enumeration flag
  Default. Not applicable.
• Short-form data quality flag
  Global non-response rate (GNR), short-form census questionnaire: 2.1%.
• 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.