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 0740.04

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	1,680	95	1,585	570	240	140	55	135	740	180	195	10	40	165	75	35	15	25	270	25	35	0	10	100	40	15	5	55	1.8
Couple census families with children^Footnote 2	1,370	50	1,320	440	210	95	35	100	645	170	165	10	35	145	55	30	10	25	240	20	30	0	10	85	30	10	5	45	1.9
Intact families	1,135	35	1,095	375	205	80	20	70	550	165	140	10	30	130	40	20	10	15	170	20	25	0	5	70	20	5	5	20	1.8
Stepfamilies^Footnote 3	240	10	225	70	10	10	15	30	90	10	20	0	10	15	10	5	0	15	65	0	10	0	0	15	5	5	0	25	2.1
Simple stepfamilies	135	10	125	70	10	15	15	30	50	10	15	0	5	5	5	5	0	0	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	0	0	1.5
Complex stepfamilies	100	0	100	0	0	0	0	0	40	0	5	0	0	15	5	5	0	10	60	5	5	0	5	15	5	5	0	25	2.9
Lone-parent census families	310	45	265	130	30	55	15	30	95	5	35	0	5	20	20	5	5	5	30	0	5	0	0	10	10	0	0	5	1.6
Male lone-parent census families	120	15	100	50	5	15	5	20	40	5	20	0	5	0	10	0	0	0	15	0	5	0	5	5	0	0	0	5	1.6
Female lone-parent census families	185	30	160	80	20	35	10	15	55	5	15	0	5	10	10	5	0	5	20	0	0	0	0	5	5	0	0	0	1.5

Symbol(s)

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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 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) – 0740.04

• Incomplete enumeration flag
  Default. Not applicable.
• Short-form data quality flag
  Global non-response rate (GNR), short-form census questionnaire: 1.8%.
• 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-X2016026.