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 Oakville, T

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	36,695	8,950	13,050	14,695
Children in census families (as in sons, daughters or grandchildren)	36,615	8,940	13,020	14,650
Living with two biological or adoptive parents^Footnote 2	31,255	8,115	11,265	11,875
In an intact family^Footnote 3	30,615	7,890	11,020	11,700
In a complex stepfamily^Footnote 4	640	225	245	170
Living with one biological or adoptive parent and one step-parent	1,215	155	375	685
In a simple stepfamily^Footnote 5	775	130	255	390
In a complex stepfamily^Footnote 6	440	25	120	295
Living with one parent in a lone-parent census family^Footnote 7	4,105	670	1,370	2,065
With a male lone parent	750	105	240	405
With a female lone parent	3,355	560	1,130	1,665
Living with grandparents without parents present	40	0	10	25
With two grandparents without parents present	30	0	5	20
With one grandparent without parents present	15	0	5	10
Persons not in census families	85	15	30	45
Living with other relatives^Footnote 8	55	5	15	30
Foster children	35	5	10	10

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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) – Oakville, T

• Incomplete enumeration flag
  Default. Not applicable.
• Short-form data quality flag
  Global non-response rate (GNR), short-form census questionnaire: 2.6%.
• 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.