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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

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 0209.03Footnote 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 1,415 1,090 990 100 325 280 40
Total families without children at home 400 405 350 55 0 0 0
Total families with children at home 1,010 690 645 45 320 280 40
Total families with children at home 24 years and under 885 605 555 50 285 265 20
All 18 years and over 195 135 130 0 60 60 0
Some 18 years and over and some 17 years and under 135 115 110 10 25 20 0
All 17 years and under 550 355 320 30 200 190 10
All under 6 years 135 80 75 10 55 55 0
All 6 to 14 years 210 120 105 10 95 80 10
All 15 to 17 years 50 25 25 0 25 25 0
Some under 6 years and some 6 to 14 years 75 70 70 0 10 10 0
Some under 6 years and some 15 to 17 years 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Some 6 to 14 years and some 15 to 17 years 60 45 40 10 15 15 0
Some under 6 years, some 6 to 14 years and some 15 to 17 years 10 0 10 0 0 0 0
Total families with all children at home 25 years and over 125 85 85 0 35 15 25

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%.

2001 adjusted count; most of these are the result of boundary changes.

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

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