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 0631.00

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	1,610	160	1,445	380	140	95	35	110	805	50	215	10	125	100	115	85	65	40	260	5	25	0	15	55	30	15	40	80	1.9
Couple census families with children^Footnote 2	1,385	115	1,270	300	120	70	25	80	740	50	200	10	110	95	110	70	60	35	235	5	25	0	10	50	25	10	30	65	1.9
Intact families	1,265	105	1,160	275	115	65	25	75	685	50	185	10	105	90	100	65	50	30	205	5	20	0	15	50	25	5	35	55	1.9
Stepfamilies^Footnote 3	115	15	105	25	0	10	0	10	50	5	15	0	5	5	5	5	10	5	30	0	5	0	0	5	5	5	0	10	2.0
Simple stepfamilies	80	10	70	25	5	10	5	10	35	0	15	0	5	0	0	0	5	0	5	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	1.8
Complex stepfamilies	40	0	40	0	0	0	0	0	20	0	5	0	0	5	5	5	0	5	20	0	5	0	0	5	0	0	0	10	3.0
Lone-parent census families	220	45	180	80	20	25	10	25	65	0	10	0	15	5	10	15	10	10	25	0	0	0	0	5	0	0	5	15	1.6
Male lone-parent census families	60	5	50	30	5	10	5	10	25	0	0	0	5	0	5	0	5	5	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	0	0	1.5
Female lone-parent census families	165	45	125	55	20	15	5	15	45	0	10	0	10	5	5	5	10	0	25	0	5	0	0	5	0	0	0	15	1.7

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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) – 0631.00

• Incomplete enumeration flag
  Default. Not applicable.
• Short-form data quality flag
  Global non-response rate (GNR), short-form census questionnaire: 1.5%.
• 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.