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 Kitchener - Cambridge - Waterloo

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	91,435	13,045	78,390	28,155	9,215	6,840	2,930	9,165	34,980	5,275	8,370	695	4,320	5,185	3,545	3,285	2,100	2,200	15,255	715	1,865	30	570	4,200	1,670	1,220	830	4,155	1.8
Couple census families with children^Footnote 2	67,615	7,470	60,150	19,085	7,265	4,140	1,705	5,975	28,410	4,765	6,735	525	3,420	4,375	2,770	2,560	1,630	1,625	12,650	640	1,565	25	470	3,570	1,380	1,030	670	3,305	1.9
Intact families	59,505	6,565	52,940	16,670	7,010	3,475	1,300	4,885	25,640	4,630	6,260	465	3,110	3,865	2,415	2,270	1,465	1,150	10,630	610	1,400	20	415	3,055	1,165	925	600	2,430	1.9
Stepfamilies^Footnote 3	8,105	900	7,205	2,415	250	665	405	1,095	2,770	135	475	60	305	515	355	295	165	475	2,020	25	165	0	50	510	215	105	65	875	2.0
Simple stepfamilies	4,910	855	4,055	2,415	250	670	410	1,090	1,335	55	345	50	230	90	200	195	90	90	300	0	50	0	20	50	45	40	20	75	1.4
Complex stepfamilies	3,200	50	3,155	0	0	0	0	0	1,430	80	130	15	75	420	155	95	75	385	1,720	25	115	5	35	465	175	60	45	800	2.8
Lone-parent census families	23,820	5,580	18,240	9,070	1,955	2,700	1,225	3,190	6,570	510	1,635	165	905	810	770	720	470	580	2,600	75	305	10	105	630	285	190	160	850	1.6
Male lone-parent census families	4,825	1,160	3,670	2,170	310	595	320	945	1,165	65	320	35	195	105	135	135	95	75	330	5	50	0	20	45	50	30	35	105	1.4
Female lone-parent census families	18,995	4,425	14,570	6,900	1,645	2,095	910	2,250	5,400	445	1,315	130	710	705	640	590	375	505	2,270	75	250	10	85	585	240	160	125	740	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) – Kitchener - Cambridge - Waterloo

• Incomplete enumeration flag
  Default. Not applicable.
• Short-form data quality flag
  Global non-response rate (GNR), short-form census questionnaire: 3.6%.
• 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.