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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 0100.02Footnote 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 2,355 2,150 1,895 260 200 135 65
Total families without children at home 965 965 780 185 0 0 0
Total families with children at home 1,385 1,185 1,110 75 200 135 65
Total families with children at home 24 years and under 1,225 1,070 1,005 65 155 100 55
All 18 years and over 260 230 225 0 30 25 0
Some 18 years and over and some 17 years and under 205 170 160 10 35 25 0
All 17 years and under 760 675 615 55 85 45 40
All under 6 years 175 170 145 20 10 0 10
All 6 to 14 years 270 245 210 35 30 30 0
All 15 to 17 years 80 70 60 10 15 10 10
Some under 6 years and some 6 to 14 years 140 130 130 0 10 0 10
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 85 65 60 0 20 0 15
Some under 6 years, some 6 to 14 years and some 15 to 17 years 0 10 10 0 0 0 0
Total families with all children at home 25 years and over 160 115 110 10 45 40 10

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%.

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

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