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 0361.02

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	1,575	315	1,265	405	150	100	40	120	640	80	120	10	90	70	60	55	80	65	215	10	20	0	5	40	30	15	25	70	1.8
Couple census families with children^Footnote 2	1,225	200	1,025	305	125	75	25	80	545	80	105	10	75	60	50	50	65	50	170	10	20	0	5	35	25	10	20	50	1.8
Intact families	1,125	185	945	290	120	70	25	75	510	80	100	10	70	60	45	50	60	35	150	10	15	0	5	30	25	10	15	40	1.8
Stepfamilies^Footnote 3	95	15	80	15	5	0	0	10	35	0	5	0	10	0	5	5	5	10	25	0	0	0	0	5	5	0	0	10	2.0
Simple stepfamilies	60	15	45	15	5	0	5	10	20	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	0	5	5	0	5	0	0	5	0	0	0	0	1.5
Complex stepfamilies	40	0	40	0	0	0	0	0	15	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	15	0	5	0	0	5	0	0	5	5	2.9
Lone-parent census families	350	115	235	100	25	25	15	40	95	5	15	0	10	5	15	5	15	15	40	0	5	0	0	5	10	5	10	15	1.6
Male lone-parent census families	50	10	35	20	5	5	10	5	10	0	0	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	1.4
Female lone-parent census families	305	100	200	80	20	25	5	30	85	0	15	0	10	10	15	5	15	15	35	0	5	0	0	5	10	5	5	10	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) – 0361.02

• Incomplete enumeration flag
  Default. Not applicable.
• Short-form data quality flag
  Global non-response rate (GNR), short-form census questionnaire: 1.7%.
• 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.