Census Family Structure Including Stepfamily Status (9) and Number and Age Combinations of Children (29) for Census Families with Children in Private Households of Census Metropolitan Areas, Tracted Census Agglomerations and Census Tracts, 2016 Census - 100% Data

This table details census family structure including stepfamily status and number and age combinations of children for census families with children in private households in 0735.02

Census family structure including stepfamily status (9)	Number and age combinations of children (29)
	Total - Census families with children	Families with children aged 25 and over only	Families with at least one child aged 0 to 24 years	1 child (aged 0 to 24 years)	0 to 5 years	6 to 14 years	15 to 17 years	18 to 24 years	2 children, of which at least one is aged 0 to 24 years	Both aged 0 to 5 years	Both aged 6 to 14 years	Both aged 15 to 17 years	Both aged 18 to 24 years	One aged 0 to 5 years and one aged 6 to 14 years	One aged 6 to 14 years and one aged 15 to 17 years	One aged 15 to 17 years and one aged 18 to 24 years	One aged 18 to 24 years and one aged 25 years and over	Other age combinations of children	3 or more children, of which at least one is aged 0 to 24 years	All aged 0 to 5 years	All aged 6 to 14 years	All aged 15 to 17 years	All aged 18 to 24 years	Some aged 0 to 5 years and some aged 6 to 14 years	Some aged 6 to 14 years and some aged 15 to 17 years	Some aged 15 to 17 years and some aged 18 to 24 years	Some aged 18 to 24 years and some aged 25 years and over	Other age combinations of children	Average number of children, all ages
Total - Census family structure^Footnote 1	1,660	150	1,515	605	175	150	75	210	650	95	180	15	85	90	70	55	25	30	255	10	30	0	5	95	20	15	5	70	1.8
Couple census families with children^Footnote 2	1,130	75	1,055	365	135	70	30	135	470	85	115	15	65	65	50	45	20	15	215	10	20	0	5	85	20	15	5	60	1.9
Intact families	875	60	815	285	125	45	25	90	385	80	95	10	50	55	40	35	15	5	140	10	15	0	5	60	10	10	5	30	1.8
Stepfamilies^Footnote 3	255	15	240	80	5	20	10	40	85	5	20	5	10	15	15	5	0	5	75	5	5	0	0	25	10	5	0	30	2.1
Simple stepfamilies	135	10	125	80	5	20	10	40	40	0	15	0	5	5	5	10	0	0	5	0	0	0	5	5	0	0	0	0	1.4
Complex stepfamilies	115	0	115	0	0	0	0	0	45	0	5	5	5	10	10	5	0	10	70	0	5	0	0	20	5	5	0	30	2.9
Lone-parent census families	525	70	455	240	45	80	40	75	180	10	65	5	20	20	20	15	5	15	35	0	10	0	0	15	5	5	0	10	1.5
Male lone-parent census families	140	15	125	75	10	30	10	30	45	0	20	5	5	5	5	5	0	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.4
Female lone-parent census families	390	60	335	165	35	50	25	45	135	5	45	0	20	20	15	10	0	10	35	0	5	0	0	10	5	0	0	10	1.6

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Footnote(s)

Footnote 1

For more information, refer to the Census Dictionary: Census family structure.

Footnote 2

For more information about intact families and stepfamilies, refer to the Census Dictionary: Stepfamily status of couple family with children.

Footnote 3

For more information about simple and complex stepfamilies, refer to the Census Dictionary: Relationship structure of stepfamily.

Data quality note(s) – 0735.02

• Incomplete enumeration flag
  Default. Not applicable.
• Short-form data quality flag
  Global non-response rate (GNR), short-form census questionnaire: 1.9%.
• 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-X2016026.