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 0001.00

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	1,185	70	1,120	415	135	120	45	120	470	115	120	10	40	70	35	40	10	25	235	20	30	0	5	85	35	10	5	50	1.9
Couple census families with children^Footnote 2	855	30	815	270	115	65	20	75	355	115	80	10	25	55	25	25	5	15	200	20	20	0	5	75	25	5	0	40	2.0
Intact families	650	30	620	215	110	45	15	50	280	105	60	5	15	45	20	15	5	5	120	20	20	0	0	45	15	0	0	20	1.9
Stepfamilies^Footnote 3	200	5	200	50	0	20	5	20	75	10	20	0	5	15	10	5	0	10	75	0	0	0	0	30	10	5	0	20	2.3
Simple stepfamilies	100	5	95	50	0	20	5	20	40	5	15	0	10	5	5	5	0	0	5	0	0	0	0	5	5	0	0	0	1.6
Complex stepfamilies	100	0	100	0	0	0	0	0	35	5	5	5	0	10	5	0	0	5	65	0	0	0	0	30	10	0	0	20	2.9
Lone-parent census families	335	35	300	150	20	55	30	40	115	5	35	0	15	10	10	15	5	10	40	0	5	0	0	5	10	5	0	10	1.6
Male lone-parent census families	95	10	80	45	5	20	10	15	30	0	10	5	5	0	0	5	0	5	10	0	0	0	0	5	5	5	0	5	1.5
Female lone-parent census families	240	25	215	105	15	40	20	30	80	5	30	5	10	10	10	10	5	5	30	0	5	0	0	10	5	0	0	10	1.7

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suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act

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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) – 0001.00

• Incomplete enumeration flag
  Default. Not applicable.
• Short-form data quality flag
  Global non-response rate (GNR), short-form census questionnaire: 3.7%.
• 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.