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 Digby

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	1,995	550	700	750
Children in census families (as in sons, daughters or grandchildren)	1,980	550	690	745
Living with two biological or adoptive parents^Footnote 2	1,240	360	425	455
In an intact family^Footnote 3	1,135	325	380	425
In a complex stepfamily^Footnote 4	105	35	45	25
Living with one biological or adoptive parent and one step-parent	175	20	55	100
In a simple stepfamily^Footnote 5	90	10	30	50
In a complex stepfamily^Footnote 6	85	5	25	50
Living with one parent in a lone-parent census family^Footnote 7	535	155	195	180
With a male lone parent	85	20	35	30
With a female lone parent	445	135	160	150
Living with grandparents without parents present	30	10	15	10
With two grandparents without parents present	20	5	15	5
With one grandparent without parents present	15	5	5	0
Persons not in census families	15	0	10	5
Living with other relatives^Footnote 8	5	0	0	5
Foster children	5	0	5	5

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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) – Digby

• Incomplete enumeration flag
  Default. Not applicable.
• Short-form data quality flag
  Global non-response rate (GNR), short-form census questionnaire: 4.2%.
• 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.