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. 15

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	17,860	5,780	6,225	5,855
Children in census families (as in sons, daughters or grandchildren)	17,370	5,655	6,070	5,640
Living with two biological or adoptive parents^Footnote 2	11,395	4,020	3,965	3,410
In an intact family^Footnote 3	10,520	3,610	3,660	3,260
In a complex stepfamily^Footnote 4	875	410	310	155
Living with one biological or adoptive parent and one step-parent	1,115	130	400	585
In a simple stepfamily^Footnote 5	475	75	170	230
In a complex stepfamily^Footnote 6	635	55	225	350
Living with one parent in a lone-parent census family^Footnote 7	4,505	1,435	1,565	1,510
With a male lone parent	860	225	285	350
With a female lone parent	3,650	1,205	1,280	1,165
Living with grandparents without parents present	355	70	140	140
With two grandparents without parents present	155	30	60	65
With one grandparent without parents present	200	35	80	80
Persons not in census families	495	125	155	210
Living with other relatives^Footnote 8	215	55	70	90
Foster children	280	75	90	120

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not applicable

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suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act

Symbol F

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. 15

• Incomplete enumeration flag
  Default. Not applicable.
• Short-form data quality flag
  Global non-response rate (GNR), short-form census questionnaire: 5.8%.
• 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.