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Table 5.13 Families with children aged 0 to 17, 2005 to 2009
Table summary
This table displays the results of table 5.13 families with children aged 0 to 17 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008 and 2009, calculated using number of families and before-tax median income ($) units of measure (appearing as column headers).
  2005 2006 2007 2008 2009
  number of families
Couple families  
1 child 1,677,420 1,692,300 1,685,890 1,699,810 1,710,740
2 children 1,639,430 1,690,680 1,696,350 1,703,280 1,708,360
3 or more children 722,340 739,960 744,360 744,500 745,050
Lone-parent families  
1 child 877,400 848,660 840,060 845,870 851,050
2 children 412,090 387,650 385,520 383,460 383,910
3 or more children 166,450 155,020 153,730 154,150 154,610
Low-income couple families  
1 child 157,710 176,670 172,130 176,270 179,840
2 children 149,160 160,990 157,740 160,760 163,240
3 or more children 119,560 124,200 124,240 126,490 127,240
Low-income lone-parent families  
1 child 321,190 288,980 285,370 285,140 285,400
2 children 181,380 155,690 155,110 152,740 151,740
3 or more children 99,900 89,240 88,920 89,150 88,310
  before-tax median income ($)
Couple families  
1 child 75,400 77,600 81,240 84,390 83,870
2 children 82,900 87,200 91,560 95,290 95,090
3 or more children 78,500 82,600 86,000 88,950 88,070
Lone-parent families  
1 child 30,300 32,900 34,580 36,050 36,050
2 children 30,500 34,100 35,610 37,150 37,320
3 or more children 27,800 30,800 32,280 33,540 34,010
Low-income couple families  
1 child 17,900 17,000 18,010 18,780 18,790
2 children 22,200 22,000 23,370 24,260 24,450
3 or more children 28,100 28,800 30,590 31,860 32,100
Low-income lone-parent families  
1 child 12,700 13,900 14,320 14,820 14,900
2 children 15,900 17,900 18,680 19,330 19,490
3 or more children 20,100 22,500 23,590 24,510 24,840
Note: Families are composed of couples (married or common-law, including same-sex couples) living in the same dwelling with or without children, and single parents (male or female) living with one or more children.
Source: Statistics Canada, CANSIM table 111-0015.
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