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 0160.10

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	2,060	170	1,895	520	165	155	55	145	945	145	280	10	75	155	105	70	30	65	430	10	55	0	10	135	40	35	20	130	2.0
Couple census families with children^Footnote 2	1,765	110	1,655	415	145	120	40	105	840	140	250	10	60	140	90	65	35	60	395	10	50	0	10	125	40	30	15	120	2.0
Intact families	1,645	105	1,535	380	145	110	30	90	805	140	250	10	55	130	80	60	30	50	350	10	50	0	10	115	35	25	10	100	2.0
Stepfamilies^Footnote 3	120	5	115	35	0	5	10	15	35	5	5	5	0	5	15	0	0	10	45	5	5	0	0	10	0	5	0	20	2.2
Simple stepfamilies	70	10	60	35	0	5	5	15	15	5	0	0	5	0	5	0	0	0	10	5	0	0	0	0	0	5	0	5	1.6
Complex stepfamilies	55	0	55	0	0	0	0	0	15	0	0	0	0	5	5	0	0	5	30	0	0	0	0	10	5	5	0	20	2.8
Lone-parent census families	295	55	240	110	15	40	15	35	105	5	30	0	15	15	15	10	0	5	30	0	0	0	0	10	0	5	0	10	1.7
Male lone-parent census families	65	5	50	25	0	10	5	5	20	0	10	0	0	5	5	5	0	0	10	0	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	0	1.7
Female lone-parent census families	235	45	190	80	15	30	10	30	80	0	20	5	10	15	10	5	5	5	30	0	0	0	0	5	0	5	5	10	1.7

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suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act

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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) – 0160.10

• Incomplete enumeration flag
  Default. Not applicable.
• Short-form data quality flag
  Global non-response rate (GNR), short-form census questionnaire: 2.0%.
• 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-X2016026.