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 0001.00

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	1,865	125	1,735	470	125	150	65	130	930	150	305	25	90	130	100	65	25	40	335	15	70	0	5	90	55	25	5	65	1.9
Couple census families with children^Footnote 2	1,620	85	1,530	395	105	120	55	110	835	150	280	15	85	120	85	50	20	35	300	15	70	0	10	85	45	25	5	55	1.9
Intact families	1,470	75	1,395	350	105	110	40	95	780	145	270	20	80	115	75	40	10	20	265	10	60	0	5	75	35	20	5	40	1.9
Stepfamilies^Footnote 3	150	15	135	40	5	10	15	15	55	5	10	0	5	10	10	5	5	10	40	0	10	0	0	5	10	0	0	15	2.0
Simple stepfamilies	100	15	85	40	5	15	15	10	35	0	5	0	10	0	5	5	5	5	10	0	5	0	0	5	0	0	0	0	1.6
Complex stepfamilies	50	0	50	0	0	0	0	0	20	0	0	0	0	5	5	0	5	5	30	0	5	0	0	10	10	5	0	10	2.9
Lone-parent census families	240	40	200	80	20	25	10	20	90	0	30	5	5	5	15	20	5	5	25	0	5	0	0	5	5	0	0	15	1.7
Male lone-parent census families	60	10	50	20	0	5	5	5	25	0	5	0	5	5	5	5	5	0	10	0	0	0	0	0	5	0	0	5	1.7
Female lone-parent census families	185	30	150	60	20	20	10	15	65	0	20	5	10	5	5	15	5	0	25	0	5	0	0	5	5	0	0	5	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) – 0001.00

• Incomplete enumeration flag
  Default. Not applicable.
• Short-form data quality flag
  Global non-response rate (GNR), short-form census questionnaire: 2.7%.
• 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.