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 Cape Breton, RGM

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	12,345	3,690	4,255	4,400
Children in census families (as in sons, daughters or grandchildren)	12,275	3,670	4,235	4,370
Living with two biological or adoptive parents^Footnote 2	6,385	2,035	2,140	2,215
In an intact family^Footnote 3	5,890	1,835	1,940	2,115
In a complex stepfamily^Footnote 4	495	205	195	95
Living with one biological or adoptive parent and one step-parent	680	75	255	350
In a simple stepfamily^Footnote 5	340	50	115	175
In a complex stepfamily^Footnote 6	340	25	140	175
Living with one parent in a lone-parent census family^Footnote 7	5,040	1,520	1,780	1,740
With a male lone parent	650	170	235	250
With a female lone parent	4,390	1,350	1,545	1,490
Living with grandparents without parents present	170	35	65	65
With two grandparents without parents present	100	20	35	45
With one grandparent without parents present	70	15	30	30
Persons not in census families	70	20	15	25
Living with other relatives^Footnote 8	40	10	10	15
Foster children	30	10	5	15

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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) – Cape Breton, RGM

• Incomplete enumeration flag
  Default. Not applicable.
• Short-form data quality flag
  Global non-response rate (GNR), short-form census questionnaire: 3.7%.
• 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-X2016041.