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 0687.03

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	2,040	140	1,900	535	180	125	55	175	965	165	305	20	80	180	80	55	30	50	400	25	50	0	10	150	50	20	15	80	1.9
Couple census families with children^Footnote 2	1,680	85	1,595	395	160	75	35	125	845	155	250	15	65	165	65	55	25	45	355	25	45	0	10	140	40	15	10	65	2.0
Intact families	1,410	65	1,345	330	155	70	20	85	735	150	220	10	55	145	55	45	25	20	280	20	40	0	5	125	35	15	10	30	2.0
Stepfamilies^Footnote 3	265	15	250	65	5	10	10	40	110	5	25	0	10	20	10	10	0	20	75	5	0	0	5	20	10	5	0	35	2.1
Simple stepfamilies	140	15	125	65	5	10	10	40	55	5	15	0	10	5	5	5	0	5	5	0	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	5	1.4
Complex stepfamilies	130	5	125	0	0	0	0	0	55	0	5	0	5	15	5	5	5	20	70	0	0	0	0	15	10	5	0	35	2.8
Lone-parent census families	360	55	305	140	20	45	25	50	125	10	55	0	15	15	15	5	5	10	45	0	10	0	5	5	5	5	0	10	1.6
Male lone-parent census families	125	15	105	50	5	20	5	30	45	0	30	0	0	5	0	0	0	0	10	0	0	0	0	0	5	0	0	5	1.5
Female lone-parent census families	240	40	200	85	15	30	15	25	80	5	30	0	10	10	10	0	5	5	35	0	5	0	0	5	5	5	5	5	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) – 0687.03

• 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.