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 0807.02

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	875	110	765	290	110	65	30	90	345	85	75	15	35	50	25	35	10	15	130	15	15	5	5	35	15	10	5	30	1.7
Couple census families with children^Footnote 2	645	60	585	200	95	35	10	60	280	85	50	10	35	40	10	25	5	15	105	10	15	0	0	35	10	5	0	30	1.8
Intact families	510	45	460	160	95	20	5	40	230	75	45	10	25	40	5	20	5	5	65	5	5	0	0	20	10	0	0	10	1.8
Stepfamilies^Footnote 3	135	10	120	40	0	15	0	20	45	5	5	0	5	5	0	10	0	10	40	5	5	0	0	10	0	5	0	15	2.1
Simple stepfamilies	85	10	75	40	5	15	5	20	30	0	5	0	0	0	5	10	5	5	5	0	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	0	1.5
Complex stepfamilies	50	0	50	0	0	0	0	0	15	0	0	0	0	10	0	0	0	5	35	5	5	0	0	10	0	0	0	15	3.0
Lone-parent census families	230	50	180	90	10	30	20	25	65	0	25	5	5	10	10	10	0	5	25	0	0	0	5	0	5	0	5	5	1.5
Male lone-parent census families	55	15	45	25	5	10	5	5	15	0	5	0	0	5	5	0	0	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.4
Female lone-parent census families	180	40	135	65	10	20	15	20	55	0	20	5	5	5	5	10	0	0	20	0	0	0	0	5	5	5	5	5	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) – 0807.02

• Incomplete enumeration flag
  Default. Not applicable.
• Short-form data quality flag
  Global non-response rate (GNR), short-form census questionnaire: 2.4%.
• 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.