Family Characteristics of Children (17), Age (4B) and Sex (3) for the Population aged 0 to 14 Years in Private Households of Canada, Provinces and Territories, Census Divisions and Census Subdivisions, 2016 and 2011 Censuses - 100% Data

• Census year (2): 2016
• Sex (3): Total - Sex

This table details family characteristics of children , age and sex for the population aged 0 to 14 years in private households in Guelph, CY

Family characteristics of children (17)	Age (4B)
	Total - Age	0 to 4 years	5 to 9 years	10 to 14 years
Total - Family characteristics of children (restricted to persons aged 0 to 14 years)^Footnote 1	22,645	7,490	7,700	7,445
Children in census families (as in sons, daughters or grandchildren)	22,565	7,470	7,670	7,425
Living with two biological or adoptive parents^Footnote 2	17,105	6,375	5,735	4,995
In an intact family^Footnote 3	16,375	6,040	5,480	4,865
In a complex stepfamily^Footnote 4	730	335	255	135
Living with one biological or adoptive parent and one step-parent	1,250	150	440	665
In a simple stepfamily^Footnote 5	700	105	250	345
In a complex stepfamily^Footnote 6	550	45	190	315
Living with one parent in a lone-parent census family^Footnote 7	4,130	925	1,465	1,740
With a male lone parent	645	120	225	300
With a female lone parent	3,485	805	1,240	1,440
Living with grandparents without parents present	75	20	40	25
With two grandparents without parents present	50	15	25	10
With one grandparent without parents present	35	5	15	15
Persons not in census families	75	25	30	30
Living with other relatives^Footnote 8	55	20	20	20
Foster children	15	5	10	5

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not applicable

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suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act

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too unreliable to be published

Footnote(s)

Footnote 1

For more information, refer to the Census Dictionary: Census family; Stepfamily status of couple family with children; and Relationship structure of stepfamily.

Footnote 2

One or more grandparents of the child may also be present in the household.

Footnote 3

In an intact family, all children are the biological or adopted children of both persons in the couple. This category also includes children living in census families for whom it cannot be determined whether it is an intact family or a stepfamily.

Footnote 4

In a complex stepfamily, some or all of the children are step-siblings or half-siblings.

Footnote 5

In a simple stepfamily, none of the children are step-siblings or half-siblings.

Footnote 6

In a complex stepfamily, some or all of the children are step-siblings or half-siblings.

Footnote 7

One or more grandparents of the child may also be present in the household.

Footnote 8

Excluding foster children.

Data quality note(s) – Guelph, CY

• 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-X2016041.