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Census families by number of children at home, by province and territory (2006 Census)
(Alberta)
	2006
Alta.	Family structure	Couple families	Married couples	Common-law couples
	number of children
All families	904,850	774,585	658,900	115,685
Families without children at home	351,300	351,300	278,990	72,310
Families with children at home	553,550	423,285	379,910	43,370
1 child at home	233,545	154,195	132,345	21,845
2 children at home	216,025	179,420	165,645	13,775
3 or more children at home	103,980	89,665	81,920	7,745
Total children at home	1,016,850	815,830	739,370	76,465
Average number of children at home per family	1.1	1.1	1.1	0.7
	Lone-parent families	Female parent	Male parent
	number of children
All families	130,265	102,555	27,715
Families without children at home	0	0	0
Families with children at home	130,265	102,555	27,715
1 child at home	79,345	60,880	18,470
2 children at home	36,600	29,410	7,190
3 or more children at home	14,315	12,265	2,050
Total children at home	201,020	161,240	39,775
Average number of children at home per family	1.5	1.6	1.4
Source: Statistics Canada, 2006 Census of Population. Last modified: 2007-09-20.

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