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 0831.01

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	1,115	145	975	280	75	60	30	110	475	55	110	10	75	50	60	65	25	15	215	10	30	0	15	40	40	30	15	45	1.9
Couple census families with children^Footnote 2	880	85	795	205	65	50	20	70	395	55	85	10	65	40	55	50	20	10	190	5	25	0	15	40	30	25	10	40	1.9
Intact families	785	75	705	185	60	40	15	65	365	55	80	10	60	40	50	50	15	10	160	5	25	0	10	35	25	20	10	30	1.9
Stepfamilies^Footnote 3	95	10	90	25	0	10	5	5	30	0	5	0	10	5	5	5	0	5	35	0	0	0	0	5	10	5	5	10	2.1
Simple stepfamilies	65	10	55	25	5	10	5	5	25	0	0	5	5	0	5	0	5	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	5	5	1.6
Complex stepfamilies	35	0	35	0	0	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	0	25	0	0	0	5	5	10	5	0	5	3.3
Lone-parent census families	235	60	180	75	15	15	10	35	80	0	25	0	10	10	10	15	0	5	25	0	5	0	0	0	5	5	0	5	1.6
Male lone-parent census families	50	5	45	20	0	5	0	10	25	0	15	0	0	0	0	5	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.5
Female lone-parent census families	190	55	135	60	10	10	15	25	60	5	15	5	10	5	5	10	5	0	25	0	0	0	0	5	5	5	0	5	1.6

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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) – 0831.01

• Incomplete enumeration flag
  Default. Not applicable.
• Short-form data quality flag
  Global non-response rate (GNR), short-form census questionnaire: 2.8%.
• 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.