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 Columbia-Shuswap

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	7,025	2,265	2,395	2,370
Children in census families (as in sons, daughters or grandchildren)	6,935	2,250	2,360	2,330
Living with two biological or adoptive parents^Footnote 2	5,020	1,865	1,655	1,505
In an intact family^Footnote 3	4,720	1,720	1,545	1,450
In a complex stepfamily^Footnote 4	305	140	110	50
Living with one biological or adoptive parent and one step-parent	465	50	160	255
In a simple stepfamily^Footnote 5	210	30	70	110
In a complex stepfamily^Footnote 6	255	20	90	140
Living with one parent in a lone-parent census family^Footnote 7	1,390	320	520	550
With a male lone parent	290	40	120	125
With a female lone parent	1,105	280	395	430
Living with grandparents without parents present	60	15	25	20
With two grandparents without parents present	45	5	20	20
With one grandparent without parents present	15	5	5	5
Persons not in census families	95	15	35	40
Living with other relatives^Footnote 8	25	0	10	10
Foster children	70	15	25	30

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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) – Columbia-Shuswap

• Incomplete enumeration flag
  Default. Not applicable.
• Short-form data quality flag
  Global non-response rate (GNR), short-form census questionnaire: 6.6%.
• 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.