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 0002.02

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	1,385	175	1,215	455	155	125	40	130	495	75	105	15	45	90	55	30	25	50	265	15	25	0	10	110	20	10	5	70	1.8
Couple census families with children^Footnote 2	900	80	820	280	105	75	20	85	350	60	75	5	25	65	45	15	20	35	185	10	10	0	5	75	15	10	5	55	1.9
Intact families	780	65	710	255	105	65	20	65	310	55	70	5	25	60	40	15	15	25	145	10	15	0	5	60	10	5	5	40	1.9
Stepfamilies^Footnote 3	125	20	105	30	0	5	0	20	40	5	5	0	5	10	5	0	5	5	40	0	0	0	0	10	0	0	0	15	2.1
Simple stepfamilies	65	20	45	30	0	10	5	20	15	0	0	0	5	0	5	5	0	5	5	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	1.3
Complex stepfamilies	55	0	55	0	0	0	0	0	25	0	5	0	0	10	5	0	0	5	35	0	5	0	5	15	0	0	0	15	2.8
Lone-parent census families	485	95	395	170	50	50	25	50	145	20	35	5	15	20	15	10	5	20	80	5	15	0	5	40	10	0	0	15	1.7
Male lone-parent census families	85	15	70	40	15	10	5	10	25	0	5	0	5	0	5	0	0	0	10	0	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	0	1.5
Female lone-parent census families	405	80	325	130	40	40	15	35	120	15	25	5	10	20	10	10	0	15	75	5	15	0	5	35	10	5	0	15	1.8

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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) – 0002.02

• Incomplete enumeration flag
  Default. Not applicable.
• Short-form data quality flag
  Global non-response rate (GNR), short-form census questionnaire: 3.5%.
• 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.