Geography:Ontario
Account:Demographics
Information:Census 2011-2016: Family Structure by Number and Age of Children
Selected Year: 2016
Data Source:Compiled by the Community Accounts Unit based on information provided from the Census of Population 2016, Statistics Canada.
Copyright:Newfoundland & Labrador Statistics Agency, Government of Newfoundland and Labrador

   
  Total families Couple families with children Lone-parent families Male lone-parent families Female lone-parent families

Total - Census families with children2,353,970 1,708,995 644,975 126,495 518,475
Families with children aged 25 and over only405,450 230,045 175,400 34,620 140,780
Families with at least one child aged 0 to 24 years1,948,520 1,478,950 469,575 91,875 377,695
1 child (aged 0 to 24 years)708,650 472,705 235,940 53,515 182,425
2 children, of which at least one is aged 0 to 24 years863,410 699,255 164,160 29,385 134,770
3 or more children, of which at least one is aged 0 to 24 years376,460 306,990 69,470 8,975 60,500
 
Average number of children, all ages1.8 1.9 1.6 1.4 1.6

Source: Compiled by the Community Accounts Unit based on information provided from the Census of Population 2016, Statistics Canada.

Copyright: Newfoundland & Labrador Statistics Agency
Government of Newfoundland and Labrador