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 0014.00

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	1,825	235	1,590	445	175	105	30	135	670	125	155	20	80	105	55	70	35	30	475	30	65	0	20	110	65	35	35	105	2.0
Couple census families with children^Footnote 2	1,525	150	1,370	345	150	70	25	105	590	115	135	15	70	90	45	60	35	25	440	35	60	0	20	105	65	35	30	95	2.1
Intact families	1,395	140	1,260	310	145	55	20	90	550	115	125	15	65	80	45	60	35	25	400	35	55	0	15	95	55	30	30	80	2.1
Stepfamilies^Footnote 3	130	15	115	35	10	10	0	10	35	0	5	0	5	10	5	5	5	5	40	0	5	0	0	10	5	0	0	20	2.1
Simple stepfamilies	75	15	65	35	10	10	0	10	20	0	5	5	5	0	0	0	0	0	10	0	0	0	0	5	5	0	0	0	1.5
Complex stepfamilies	55	0	55	0	0	0	0	0	20	0	5	0	0	10	0	5	0	5	35	0	0	0	5	10	0	0	0	20	2.8
Lone-parent census families	300	80	220	105	30	40	5	35	80	10	20	0	15	15	5	10	0	5	35	0	5	0	5	5	0	5	5	5	1.6
Male lone-parent census families	75	15	60	25	10	5	5	10	20	0	10	0	5	5	0	5	0	0	10	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.6
Female lone-parent census families	225	65	160	75	20	30	10	20	55	5	5	0	5	15	5	10	0	5	25	0	5	0	0	5	5	0	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) – 0014.00

• Incomplete enumeration flag
  Default. Not applicable.
• Short-form data quality flag
  Global non-response rate (GNR), short-form census questionnaire: 3.5%.
• 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.