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 0710.03

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	1,715	140	1,580	550	125	135	75	215	750	110	180	15	95	105	80	85	35	40	280	15	35	0	10	80	40	15	10	65	1.8
Couple census families with children^Footnote 2	1,250	85	1,165	335	100	75	40	125	595	100	140	15	80	95	55	55	30	35	230	15	30	0	10	75	30	10	5	60	1.9
Intact families	1,005	65	930	265	95	55	25	95	490	95	125	10	55	80	45	40	25	20	175	10	25	0	5	70	20	10	5	30	1.9
Stepfamilies^Footnote 3	245	10	230	70	5	15	20	35	105	5	15	5	20	10	10	15	5	10	55	0	5	0	5	10	5	0	0	30	2.0
Simple stepfamilies	145	15	135	75	5	15	20	30	55	5	10	0	10	5	5	10	0	0	5	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	1.4
Complex stepfamilies	100	0	100	0	0	0	0	0	50	0	0	5	5	10	0	5	5	10	45	0	5	0	0	10	5	0	0	30	2.8
Lone-parent census families	470	55	420	215	30	65	35	85	155	15	40	5	20	15	25	30	5	5	45	5	5	0	0	5	10	5	5	10	1.6
Male lone-parent census families	115	10	105	60	5	20	10	25	35	5	10	0	5	5	5	5	0	0	10	0	0	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	1.5
Female lone-parent census families	350	45	310	150	25	45	25	60	125	10	25	0	15	15	25	20	5	5	35	0	5	0	5	5	10	5	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) – 0710.03

• Incomplete enumeration flag
  Default. Not applicable.
• Short-form data quality flag
  Global non-response rate (GNR), short-form census questionnaire: 1.9%.
• 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.