Census Family Structure (7) and Presence and Ages of Children (15) for Census Families in Private Households of Canada, Provinces and Territories, Census Metropolitan Areas and Census Agglomerations, 2016 and 2011 Censuses - 100% Data

• Census year (2): 2016

This table details census family structure and presence and ages of children for census families in private households in Alberta

Presence and ages of children (15)	Census family structure (7)
	Total - Census family structure	Couple census families	Couple census families without children	Couple census families with children	Lone-parent census families	Male lone-parent census families	Female lone-parent census families
Total - Presence and ages of children	1,114,585	953,330	443,670	509,655	161,260	37,770	123,490
Families without children	443,670	443,670	443,670	0	0	0	0
Families with children	670,915	509,655	0	509,655	161,260	37,765	123,490
Families with children aged 24 and under^Footnote 1	593,415	467,375	0	467,375	126,040	30,060	95,975
Some 18 to 24^Footnote 2	103,355	74,060	0	74,060	29,295	8,760	20,535
Some 18 and over and some 17 years and under	68,480	55,090	0	55,090	13,390	2,630	10,755
All 17 years and under	421,580	338,225	0	338,225	83,355	18,675	64,685
All 0 to 5 years	133,505	113,685	0	113,685	19,820	3,995	15,825
All 6 to 14 years	129,940	96,070	0	96,070	33,870	8,335	25,535
All 15 to 17 years	28,925	18,600	0	18,595	10,325	3,040	7,280
Some 0 to 5 years and some 6 to 14 years	81,760	71,470	0	71,470	10,295	1,575	8,720
Some 0 to 5 years and some 15 to 17 years	2,130	1,750	0	1,745	375	25	345
Some 6 to 14 years and some 15 to 17 years	40,085	32,345	0	32,340	7,745	1,635	6,110
Some 0 to 5 years, some 6 to 14 years and some 15 to 17 years	5,240	4,310	0	4,310	930	65	860
Families with children aged 25 and over only	77,500	42,280	0	42,280	35,220	7,705	27,515

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Footnote(s)

Footnote 1

Children aged 25 or over may also be present.

Footnote 2

Children aged 25 or over may also be present.

Data quality note(s) – Alberta

• Incomplete enumeration flag
  Excludes census data for one or more incompletely enumerated Indian reserves or Indian settlements.
• Short-form data quality flag
  Global non-response rate (GNR), short-form census questionnaire: 4.7%.
• 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-X2016387.