Family Characteristics of Children (17), Age (4B) and Sex (3) for the Population aged 0 to 14 Years in Private Households of Canada, Provinces and Territories, Census Divisions and Census Subdivisions, 2016 and 2011 Censuses - 100% Data

• Census year (2): 2016
• Sex (3): Total - Sex

This table details family characteristics of children , age and sex for the population aged 0 to 14 years in private households in Division No. 6

Family characteristics of children (17)	Age (4B)
	Total - Age	0 to 4 years	5 to 9 years	10 to 14 years
Total - Family characteristics of children (restricted to persons aged 0 to 14 years)^Footnote 1	48,950	17,015	16,905	15,030
Children in census families (as in sons, daughters or grandchildren)	48,315	16,830	16,710	14,780
Living with two biological or adoptive parents^Footnote 2	34,600	13,315	11,715	9,575
In an intact family^Footnote 3	32,730	12,410	11,050	9,265
In a complex stepfamily^Footnote 4	1,875	900	665	305
Living with one biological or adoptive parent and one step-parent	2,670	320	940	1,410
In a simple stepfamily^Footnote 5	1,315	220	445	645
In a complex stepfamily^Footnote 6	1,355	100	490	765
Living with one parent in a lone-parent census family^Footnote 7	10,610	3,105	3,885	3,615
With a male lone parent	1,860	395	735	730
With a female lone parent	8,745	2,710	3,150	2,885
Living with grandparents without parents present	440	90	165	185
With two grandparents without parents present	170	35	70	70
With one grandparent without parents present	265	55	95	115
Persons not in census families	630	185	195	250
Living with other relatives^Footnote 8	250	75	60	115
Foster children	385	110	135	140

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not applicable

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suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act

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too unreliable to be published

Footnote(s)

Footnote 1

For more information, refer to the Census Dictionary: Census family; Stepfamily status of couple family with children; and Relationship structure of stepfamily.

Footnote 2

One or more grandparents of the child may also be present in the household.

Footnote 3

In an intact family, all children are the biological or adopted children of both persons in the couple. This category also includes children living in census families for whom it cannot be determined whether it is an intact family or a stepfamily.

Footnote 4

In a complex stepfamily, some or all of the children are step-siblings or half-siblings.

Footnote 5

In a simple stepfamily, none of the children are step-siblings or half-siblings.

Footnote 6

In a complex stepfamily, some or all of the children are step-siblings or half-siblings.

Footnote 7

One or more grandparents of the child may also be present in the household.

Footnote 8

Excluding foster children.

Data quality note(s) – Division No. 6

• Incomplete enumeration flag
  Default. Not applicable.
• Short-form data quality flag
  Global non-response rate (GNR), short-form census questionnaire: 4.0%.
• 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-X2016041.