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. 7

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	12,965	4,495	4,385	4,085
Children in census families (as in sons, daughters or grandchildren)	12,775	4,435	4,315	4,020
Living with two biological or adoptive parents^Footnote 2	8,940	3,485	2,915	2,535
In an intact family^Footnote 3	8,340	3,170	2,710	2,460
In a complex stepfamily^Footnote 4	600	315	205	80
Living with one biological or adoptive parent and one step-parent	965	100	355	510
In a simple stepfamily^Footnote 5	400	65	135	195
In a complex stepfamily^Footnote 6	570	30	220	320
Living with one parent in a lone-parent census family^Footnote 7	2,780	835	1,010	935
With a male lone parent	400	95	155	150
With a female lone parent	2,375	745	850	780
Living with grandparents without parents present	90	15	35	40
With two grandparents without parents present	45	10	20	15
With one grandparent without parents present	45	5	15	30
Persons not in census families	190	55	70	60
Living with other relatives^Footnote 8	45	15	15	10
Foster children	145	40	55	50

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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. 7

• Incomplete enumeration flag
  Default. Not applicable.
• Short-form data quality flag
  Global non-response rate (GNR), short-form census questionnaire: 4.1%.
• 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.