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Topic-based tabulation: Age Groups of Children at Home (15) and Census Family Structure (7) for the Census Families in Private Households of Census Metropolitan Areas, Tracted Census Agglomerations and Census Tracts, 2006 Census - 20% Sample Data

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Catalogue number :97-553-XCB2006021
Release date :February 19, 2008
Topic :Families and households
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Note: Census family

A census family refers to a married couple (with or without children of either or both spouses), a couple living common-law (with or without children of either or both partners) or a lone parent of any marital status, with at least one child living in the same dwelling. A couple may be of opposite or same sex. 'Children' in a census family include grandchildren living with their grandparent(s) but with no parents present. For additional information, please refer to the 2006 Census Dictionary, catalogue number 92-566-XWE or 92-566-XPE.

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This table details age groups of children at home and census family structure for the census families in private households in 0004.00Footnote 1
Age groups of children at home (15) Census family structure (7)
Total - Census family structure Total couple families Married couple families Common-law couple families Total lone-parent families Female parent families Male parent families
Total - Families by age groups of children at home 2,000 1,355 1,110 240 640 550 90
Total families without children at home 645 645 475 170 0 0 0
Total families with children at home 1,350 705 640 75 645 555 90
Total families with children at home 24 years and under 1,140 615 545 70 530 460 70
All 18 years and over 240 135 130 0 105 85 20
Some 18 years and over and some 17 years and under 110 75 75 0 35 30 0
All 17 years and under 795 400 335 60 395 345 45
All under 6 years 295 185 160 25 110 105 0
All 6 to 14 years 295 105 90 10 190 150 40
All 15 to 17 years 85 35 25 10 45 45 10
Some under 6 years and some 6 to 14 years 60 40 20 20 20 15 0
Some under 6 years and some 15 to 17 years 15 10 10 0 10 10 0
Some 6 to 14 years and some 15 to 17 years 45 20 20 0 25 20 0
Some under 6 years, some 6 to 14 years and some 15 to 17 years 0 10 0 0 0 0 0
Total families with all children at home 25 years and over 210 95 95 10 110 95 20

Footnotes

Footnote 1

Data quality index showing, for the short census questionnaire (100% data), a global non response rate higher than or equal to 5% but lower than 10%.

Data quality index showing, for the long census questionnaire (20% sample data), a global non response rate higher than or equal to 5% but lower than 10%.

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Source: Statistics Canada, 2006 Census of Population, Statistics Canada Catalogue no. 97-553-XCB2006021.

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