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Census families by number of children at home, by province and territory (2006 Census)
(New Brunswick)
	2006
N.B.	Family structure	Couple families	Married couples	Common-law couples
	number of children
All families	217,795	182,210	151,210	31,000
Families without children at home	91,300	91,300	73,435	17,865
Families with children at home	126,490	90,905	77,775	13,130
1 child at home	63,385	39,995	33,030	6,965
2 children at home	47,325	37,755	33,275	4,480
3 or more children at home	15,780	13,155	11,465	1,690
Total children at home	209,185	158,210	136,685	21,520
Average number of children at home per family	1.0	0.9	0.9	0.7
	Lone-parent families	Female parent	Male parent
	number of children
All families	35,585	29,150	6,435
Families without children at home	0	0	0
Families with children at home	35,585	29,150	6,435
1 child at home	23,385	18,835	4,550
2 children at home	9,570	7,980	1,590
3 or more children at home	2,630	2,335	295
Total children at home	50,975	42,315	8,665
Average number of children at home per family	1.4	1.5	1.3
Source: Statistics Canada, 2006 Census of Population. Last modified: 2007-09-20.

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