Fort Smith Region
Families, by Structure and Number of Children at Home
1996 Census
		Husband-Wife Families			Lone Parent Families
	Total
	Family		Now	Common-		Male	Female
	Structure	Total	Married	Law	Total	Parent	Parent
Total Families	7,550	6,430	4,620	1,805	1,120	245	875
Total families without children at home	1,995	2,000	1,250	745	-	-	-
Total families with children at home	5,550	4,430	3,375	1,060	1,120	245	880
1 child at home	2,055	1,475	1,030	445	580	145	440
2 children at home	2,070	1,725	1,385	340	340	75	265
3 children at home	935	800	625	170	130	20	120
4 children at home	315	270	210	65	45	10	40
5 children at home	170	155	120	35	20	10	15
Total children living at home	11,260	9,300	7,205	2,095	1,955	390	1,565
Total children at home 24 years and under	10,695	8,960	6,890	2,070	1,735	340	1,395
Total children at home 25 years and over	565	345	320	25	225	55	165
Average number of children at home per family	1.5	1.4	1.6	1.2	1.7	1.6	1.8

Detah
Families, by Structure and Number of Children at Home
1996 Census
		Husband-Wife Families			Lone Parent Families
	Total
	Family		Now	Common-		Male	Female
	Structure	Total	Married	Law	Total	Parent	Parent
Total Families	45	35	20	15	-	-	-
Total families without children at home	10	-	-	10	-	-	-
Total families with children at home	40	30	15	10	10	-	10
1 child at home	15	10	-	10	10	-	10
2 children at home	10	-	-	-	-	-	10
3 children at home	10	10	-	-	-	-	-
4 children at home	-	-	10	10	-	-	-
5 children at home	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Total children living at home	80	65	45	20	10	10	10
Total children at home 24 years and under	70	65	45	20	10	-	10
Total children at home 25 years and over	-	10	-	-	-	-	-
Average number of children at home per family	1.8	1.9	2.4	1.2	-	-	-

Enterprise
Families, by Structure and Number of Children at Home
1996 Census
		Husband-Wife Families			Lone Parent Families
	Total
	Family		Now	Common-		Male	Female
	Structure	Total	Married	Law	Total	Parent	Parent
Total Families	20	15	15	-	-	-	-
Total families without children at home	10	10	-	10	-	-	-
Total families with children at home	10	10	10	-	-	-	-
1 child at home	10	-	-	-	-	-	-
2 children at home	-	-	10	-	-	-	-
3 children at home	10	-	10	-	-	-	-
4 children at home	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
5 children at home	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Total children living at home	30	30	30	-	-	-	-
Total children at home 24 years and under	35	30	25	10	-	-	10
Total children at home 25 years and over	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Average number of children at home per family	1.7	1.7	2.1	-	-	-	-

Fort Liard
Families, by Structure and Number of Children at Home
1996 Census
		Husband-Wife Families			Lone Parent Families
	Total
	Family		Now	Common-		Male	Female
	Structure	Total	Married	Law	Total	Parent	Parent
Total Families	125	110	55	55	15	-	15
Total families without children at home	35	30	15	20	-	-	-
Total families with children at home	90	75	40	35	15	-	10
1 child at home	30	25	10	10	10	10	-
2 children at home	25	25	10	10	-	-	-
3 children at home	20	20	10	10	-	-	10
4 children at home	10	10	10	-	10	-	10
5 children at home	-	10	-	-	-	-	-
Total children living at home	210	180	85	90	30	-	25
Total children at home 24 years and under	200	170	85	95	25	-	25
Total children at home 25 years and over	10	-	10	-	-	-	-
Average number of children at home per family	1.7	1.7	1.6	1.7	2	-	2.1

Fort Providence
Families, by Structure and Number of Children at Home
1996 Census
		Husband-Wife Families			Lone Parent Families
	Total
	Family		Now	Common-		Male	Female
	Structure	Total	Married	Law	Total	Parent	Parent
Total Families	190	165	75	95	20	10	15
Total families without children at home	45	45	25	20	-	-	-
Total families with children at home	145	120	55	70	25	10	15
1 child at home	50	35	15	25	15	-	10
2 children at home	55	45	25	25	-	-	10
3 children at home	20	20	10	10	10	-	-
4 children at home	15	15	10	10	-	-	-
5 children at home	10	10	-	-	-	-	-
Total children living at home	305	275	130	145	35	15	20
Total children at home 24 years and under	280	260	115	145	20	10	10
Total children at home 25 years and over	25	15	10	-	10	10	10
Average number of children at home per family	1.6	1.6	1.7	1.6	1.4	-	1.4

Fort Resolution
Families, by Structure and Number of Children at Home
1996 Census
		Husband-Wife Families			Lone Parent Families
	Total
	Family		Now	Common-		Male	Female
	Structure	Total	Married	Law	Total	Parent	Parent
Total Families	135	95	55	45	35	15	20
Total families without children at home	25	25	15	-	-	-	-
Total families with children at home	105	75	35	35	35	15	20
1 child at home	45	25	10	15	25	10	10
2 children at home	30	20	10	10	10	-	-
3 children at home	20	20	15	10	-	-	-
4 children at home	10	10	-	-	-	-	-
5 children at home	-	10	-	-	-	-	-
Total children living at home	220	160	85	75	60	30	30
Total children at home 24 years and under	190	150	75	75	45	20	25
Total children at home 25 years and over	25	10	10	-	15	10	10
Average number of children at home per family	1.6	1.6	1.5	1.7	1.7	1.7	1.7

Fort Simpson
Families, by Structure and Number of Children at Home
1996 Census
		Husband-Wife Families			Lone Parent Families
	Total
	Family		Now	Common-		Male	Female
	Structure	Total	Married	Law	Total	Parent	Parent
Total Families	315	265	150	105	55	15	45
Total families without children at home	85	85	45	40	-	-	-
Total families with children at home	230	180	105	65	60	10	45
1 child at home	105	65	35	30	40	10	30
2 children at home	70	55	35	20	10	-	10
3 children at home	40	35	20	15	-	-	10
4 children at home	10	15	10	-	-	-	-
5 children at home	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Total children living at home	440	360	225	135	75	10	65
Total children at home 24 years and under	410	350	215	130	65	15	55
Total children at home 25 years and over	25	10	15	10	15	-	10
Average number of children at home per family	1.4	1.4	1.5	1.2	1.4	1.1	1.5

Fort Smith
Families, by Structure and Number of Children at Home
1996 Census
		Husband-Wife Families			Lone Parent Families
	Total
	Family		Now	Common-		Male	Female
	Structure	Total	Married	Law	Total	Parent	Parent
Total Families	600	485	345	145	115	25	95
Total families without children at home	150	150	100	50	-	-	-
Total families with children at home	455	335	240	95	115	25	95
1 child at home	160	100	70	35	60	15	40
2 children at home	185	140	100	35	45	10	40
3 children at home	70	65	45	20	10	-	-
4 children at home	35	25	20	-	10	-	-
5 children at home	10	10	10	10	10	-	-
Total children living at home	915	720	525	195	195	35	160
Total children at home 24 years and under	855	690	495	195	165	25	140
Total children at home 25 years and over	60	25	25	-	35	10	25
Average number of children at home per family	1.5	1.5	1.5	1.3	1.7	1.5	1.8

Hay River
Families, by Structure and Number of Children at Home
1996 Census
		Husband-Wife Families			Lone Parent Families
	Total
	Family		Now	Common-		Male	Female
	Structure	Total	Married	Law	Total	Parent	Parent
Total Families	920	785	565	215	135	35	100
Total families without children at home	250	245	165	85	-	-	-
Total families with children at home	670	535	405	130	135	30	100
1 child at home	255	185	130	55	70	15	55
2 children at home	250	220	170	45	30	10	25
3 children at home	115	90	70	20	25	-	20
4 children at home	35	25	20	-	10	10	-
5 children at home	15	15	10	-	-	-	-
Total children living at home	1,320	1,080	825	255	245	55	190
Total children at home 24 years and under	1,275	1,050	795	255	225	45	180
Total children at home 25 years and over	45	30	30	-	15	10	10
Average number of children at home per family	1.4	1.4	1.5	1.2	1.8	1.7	1.9

Hay River Dene
Families, by Structure and Number of Children at Home
1996 Census
		Husband-Wife Families			Lone Parent Families
	Total
	Family		Now	Common-		Male	Female
	Structure	Total	Married	Law	Total	Parent	Parent
Total Families	60	45	20	30	10	-	10
Total families without children at home	20	15	-	15	-	-	-
Total families with children at home	40	30	15	15	10	-	10
1 child at home	10	-	10	-	-	-	-
2 children at home	10	-	-	-	-	-	-
3 children at home	15	10	-	10	-	-	-
4 children at home	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
5 children at home	-	10	-	-	-	-	-
Total children living at home	100	80	40	40	20	-	15
Total children at home 24 years and under	95	80	35	45	15	-	20
Total children at home 25 years and over	10	-	-	-	-	-	10
Average number of children at home per family	1.7	1.7	2	1.5	-	-	-

Jean Marie River
Families, by Structure and Number of Children at Home
1996 Census
		Husband-Wife Families			Lone Parent Families
	Total
	Family		Now	Common-		Male	Female
	Structure	Total	Married	Law	Total	Parent	Parent
Total Families	15	10	-	10	-	-	-
Total families without children at home	-	-	10	10	-	-	-
Total families with children at home	10	10	-	-	-	-	10
1 child at home	-	10	-	10	10	-	-
2 children at home	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
3 children at home	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
4 children at home	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
5 children at home	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Total children living at home	20	15	10	10	10	-	-
Total children at home 24 years and under	15	15	10	10	-	-	-
Total children at home 25 years and over	10	10	-	-	-	-	-
Average number of children at home per family	1.4	-	-	-	-	-	-

Lutselk'e
Families, by Structure and Number of Children at Home
1996 Census
		Husband-Wife Families			Lone Parent Families
	Total
	Family		Now	Common-		Male	Female
	Structure	Total	Married	Law	Total	Parent	Parent
Total Families	65	50	30	20	15	-	10
Total families without children at home	10	10	-	-	-	-	-
Total families with children at home	60	40	25	15	15	10	15
1 child at home	20	10	10	10	10	10	10
2 children at home	15	10	-	10	-	-	-
3 children at home	10	10	10	-	-	-	-
4 children at home	10	10	-	-	10	-	-
5 children at home	10	-	10	-	-	-	-
Total children living at home	135	110	80	25	30	-	25
Total children at home 24 years and under	115	100	70	25	20	10	15
Total children at home 25 years and over	20	10	10	-	10	-	10
Average number of children at home per family	2.1	2.1	2.6	1.4	1.9	-	2.1

Nahanni Butte
Families, by Structure and Number of Children at Home
1996 Census
		Husband-Wife Families			Lone Parent Families
	Total
	Family		Now	Common-		Male	Female
	Structure	Total	Married	Law	Total	Parent	Parent
Total Families	20	15	10	10	10	-	-
Total families without children at home	10	10	-	-	-	-	-
Total families with children at home	15	10	10	10	-	-	-
1 child at home	10	-	-	-	-	-	-
2 children at home	-	10	10	-	-	-	-
3 children at home	-	-	-	10	-	-	-
4 children at home	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
5 children at home	10	-	-	-	-	-	-
Total children living at home	30	25	10	15	10	-	10
Total children at home 24 years and under	25	25	10	15	10	-	-
Total children at home 25 years and over	10	10	-	10	10	-	-
Average number of children at home per family	1.6	1.6	-	-	-	-	-

Rae Lakes
Families, by Structure and Number of Children at Home
1996 Census
		Husband-Wife Families			Lone Parent Families
	Total
	Family		Now	Common-		Male	Female
	Structure	Total	Married	Law	Total	Parent	Parent
Total Families	50	40	30	10	10	-	-
Total families without children at home	-	10	10	-	-	-	-
Total families with children at home	40	35	30	10	10	-	-
1 child at home	10	-	10	-	-	-	-
2 children at home	15	10	10	-	-	-	-
3 children at home	10	10	10	10	-	-	-
4 children at home	-	-	10	-	-	-	-
5 children at home	-	-	10	-	-	-	-
Total children living at home	130	115	90	25	10	-	10
Total children at home 24 years and under	115	105	80	25	-	-	10
Total children at home 25 years and over	15	10	10	-	10	-	-
Average number of children at home per family	2.7	2.8	3	2.4	-	-	-

Rae-Edzo
Families, by Structure and Number of Children at Home
1996 Census
		Husband-Wife Families			Lone Parent Families
	Total
	Family		Now	Common-		Male	Female
	Structure	Total	Married	Law	Total	Parent	Parent
Total Families	335	275	160	120	65	15	50
Total families without children at home	40	35	25	15	-	-	-
Total families with children at home	300	235	130	100	65	15	50
1 child at home	75	50	20	25	25	-	20
2 children at home	75	65	30	35	10	-	10
3 children at home	60	45	25	20	15	-	15
4 children at home	40	35	20	15	-	-	-
5 children at home	50	40	35	-	10	-	10
Total children living at home	840	690	445	245	155	25	125
Total children at home 24 years and under	760	635	390	245	125	15	110
Total children at home 25 years and over	85	60	55	10	30	10	20
Average number of children at home per family	2.5	2.5	2.9	2.1	2.5	2.2	2.5

Snare Lake
Families, by Structure and Number of Children at Home
1996 Census
		Husband-Wife Families			Lone Parent Families
	Total
	Family		Now	Common-		Male	Female
	Structure	Total	Married	Law	Total	Parent	Parent
Total Families	30	25	10	10	-	-	-
Total families without children at home	-	10	-	10	-	-	-
Total families with children at home	25	15	15	-	10	-	-
1 child at home	10	10	-	-	10	-	10
2 children at home	-	10	-	-	-	-	-
3 children at home	10	-	-	10	-	-	-
4 children at home	10	10	-	-	-	-	-
5 children at home	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Total children living at home	65	60	40	15	10	-	10
Total children at home 24 years and under	60	55	40	15	-	-	-
Total children at home 25 years and over	-	-	10	-	-	-	-
Average number of children at home per family	2.3	2.4	3.1	1.5	-	-	-

Trout Lake
Families, by Structure and Number of Children at Home
1996 Census
		Husband-Wife Families			Lone Parent Families
	Total
	Family		Now	Common-		Male	Female
	Structure	Total	Married	Law	Total	Parent	Parent
Total Families	20	10	10	-	-	-	-
Total families without children at home	10	-	-	10	-	-	-
Total families with children at home	10	10	10	-	-	-	10
1 child at home	-	-	-	-	10	-	-
2 children at home	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
3 children at home	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
4 children at home	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
5 children at home	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Total children living at home	20	15	15	-	10	-	10
Total children at home 24 years and under	20	10	10	-	-	-	-
Total children at home 25 years and over	10	-	10	-	-	-	-
Average number of children at home per family	1.4	1.2	-	-	-	-	-

Wha Ti
Families, by Structure and Number of Children at Home
1996 Census
		Husband-Wife Families			Lone Parent Families
	Total
	Family		Now	Common-		Male	Female
	Structure	Total	Married	Law	Total	Parent	Parent
Total Families	75	65	50	15	15	10	10
Total families without children at home	10	10	-	-	-	-	-
Total families with children at home	70	55	40	10	10	-	10
1 child at home	10	10	10	10	-	-	-
2 children at home	15	15	10	-	-	-	10
3 children at home	15	10	10	-	-	-	-
4 children at home	15	10	10	-	10	-	10
5 children at home	10	10	10	-	-	-	-
Total children living at home	215	175	150	30	35	10	30
Total children at home 24 years and under	195	160	135	30	35	10	30
Total children at home 25 years and over	20	15	15	-	-	-	-
Average number of children at home per family	2.8	2.8	3	2.1	2.9	-	2.9

Wrigley
Families, by Structure and Number of Children at Home
1996 Census
		Husband-Wife Families			Lone Parent Families
	Total
	Family		Now	Common-		Male	Female
	Structure	Total	Married	Law	Total	Parent	Parent
Total Families	40	35	15	20	-	-	10
Total families without children at home	-	-	10	10	-	-	-
Total families with children at home	30	30	15	15	-	-	-
1 child at home	15	10	10	-	-	-	-
2 children at home	10	10	10	-	-	-	-
3 children at home	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
4 children at home	10	-	-	-	-	-	-
5 children at home	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Total children living at home	65	60	30	35	-	-	-
Total children at home 24 years and under	55	50	20	30	-	-	10
Total children at home 25 years and over	10	10	10	-	10	-	-
Average number of children at home per family	1.6	1.6	1.6	1.6	-	-	-

Yellowknife
Families, by Structure and Number of Children at Home
1996 Census
		Husband-Wife Families			Lone Parent Families
	Total
	Family		Now	Common-		Male	Female
	Structure	Total	Married	Law	Total	Parent	Parent
Total Families	4,455	3,850	2,965	880	605	125	480
Total families without children at home	1,275	1,275	805	465	-	-	-
Total families with children at home	3,180	2,570	2,160	415	605	130	475
1 child at home	1,210	905	700	210	305	65	240
2 children at home	1,295	1,090	950	135	210	45	160
3 children at home	510	435	385	55	75	10	60
4 children at home	120	110	90	15	15	10	15
5 children at home	45	40	35	10	10	-	-
Total children living at home	6,050	5,035	4,300	730	1,020	205	820
Total children at home 24 years and under	5,865	4,915	4,195	720	955	195	760
Total children at home 25 years and over	185	120	105	10	65	10	55
Average number of children at home per family	1.4	1.3	1.4	0.8	1.7	1.6	1.7

Fort Smith, Unorganized
Families, by Structure and Number of Children at Home
1996 Census
		Husband-Wife Families			Lone Parent Families
	Total
	Family		Now	Common-		Male	Female
	Structure	Total	Married	Law	Total	Parent	Parent
Total Families	35	30	30	-	-	-	-
Total families without children at home	15	15	10	-	-	-	-
Total families with children at home	20	20	20	-	-	10	-
1 child at home	10	10	10	-	-	-	-
2 children at home	10	10	10	-	10	-	10
3 children at home	10	-	-	-	-	-	-
4 children at home	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
5 children at home	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Total children living at home	40	35	35	-	10	-	-
Total children at home 24 years and under	45	35	35	-	-	-	-
Total children at home 25 years and over	10	-	-	-	-	-	-
Average number of children at home per family	1.3	1.2	1.3	-	-	-	-