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 Cape Breton

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	13,775	4,175	4,740	4,855
Children in census families (as in sons, daughters or grandchildren)	13,575	4,115	4,675	4,785
Living with two biological or adoptive parents^Footnote 2	6,830	2,190	2,280	2,355
In an intact family^Footnote 3	6,260	1,960	2,065	2,245
In a complex stepfamily^Footnote 4	565	230	220	110
Living with one biological or adoptive parent and one step-parent	770	95	290	385
In a simple stepfamily^Footnote 5	385	65	130	195
In a complex stepfamily^Footnote 6	385	30	160	195
Living with one parent in a lone-parent census family^Footnote 7	5,745	1,785	2,015	1,950
With a male lone parent	770	210	280	280
With a female lone parent	4,975	1,570	1,730	1,670
Living with grandparents without parents present	230	50	85	90
With two grandparents without parents present	110	20	40	50
With one grandparent without parents present	115	30	45	40
Persons not in census families	195	60	65	70
Living with other relatives^Footnote 8	70	20	30	20
Foster children	125	45	40	45

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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) – Cape Breton

• Incomplete enumeration flag
  Default. Not applicable.
• Short-form data quality flag
  Global non-response rate (GNR), short-form census questionnaire: 3.9%.
• 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.