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 Newfoundland and Labrador / Terre-Neuve-et-Labrador

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	74,315	22,325	26,005	25,985
Children in census families (as in sons, daughters or grandchildren)	73,485	22,085	25,695	25,705
Living with two biological or adoptive parents^Footnote 2	50,900	16,710	17,570	16,620
In an intact family^Footnote 3	48,115	15,470	16,555	16,090
In a complex stepfamily^Footnote 4	2,785	1,240	1,015	530
Living with one biological or adoptive parent and one step-parent	4,675	500	1,700	2,475
In a simple stepfamily^Footnote 5	2,410	325	875	1,205
In a complex stepfamily^Footnote 6	2,260	170	825	1,265
Living with one parent in a lone-parent census family^Footnote 7	17,260	4,740	6,170	6,350
With a male lone parent	2,740	575	1,000	1,170
With a female lone parent	14,515	4,160	5,175	5,185
Living with grandparents without parents present	650	140	250	260
With two grandparents without parents present	425	90	160	175
With one grandparent without parents present	225	45	95	80
Persons not in census families	830	240	310	280
Living with other relatives^Footnote 8	270	65	85	115
Foster children	560	175	225	165

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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) – Newfoundland and Labrador / Terre-Neuve-et-Labrador

• Incomplete enumeration flag
  Default. Not applicable.
• Short-form data quality flag
  Global non-response rate (GNR), short-form census questionnaire: 4.0%.
• 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.