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 0014.07

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	1,590	125	1,465	455	195	125	35	95	715	150	180	15	50	130	60	50	35	45	300	15	35	0	10	110	30	10	10	75	1.9
Couple census families with children^Footnote 2	1,350	85	1,265	370	175	95	25	75	630	145	150	10	45	120	50	40	30	35	265	15	30	0	10	105	25	10	10	65	1.9
Intact families	1,205	75	1,130	330	175	75	20	60	590	140	140	15	40	115	45	30	30	30	210	15	25	0	5	85	20	5	10	50	1.9
Stepfamilies^Footnote 3	145	5	135	40	5	20	5	15	40	0	5	0	5	10	5	5	0	10	55	0	5	0	0	25	5	5	5	15	2.2
Simple stepfamilies	80	10	70	40	5	15	0	15	25	0	5	0	0	0	5	5	0	0	5	0	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	0	1.4
Complex stepfamilies	65	0	65	0	0	0	0	0	15	0	0	0	0	5	0	5	0	5	50	0	0	0	0	20	5	5	0	15	3.2
Lone-parent census families	240	40	200	85	20	30	10	25	85	5	30	0	5	5	10	10	5	10	30	0	5	0	0	5	5	0	5	5	1.6
Male lone-parent census families	45	10	35	10	0	5	0	0	20	0	10	0	0	5	5	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	0	1.7
Female lone-parent census families	195	30	165	70	20	30	5	15	65	5	25	0	5	5	10	10	10	5	25	5	0	0	0	0	5	0	5	10	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) – 0014.07

• Incomplete enumeration flag
  Default. Not applicable.
• Short-form data quality flag
  Global non-response rate (GNR), short-form census questionnaire: 1.8%.
• 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.