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Table 3.6
Child and youth victims (0 to 17 years) of family-related homicides, by age group of the victim and motive, Canada, 2003 to 2013

Table summary
This table displays the results of Child and youth victims (0 to 17 years) of family-related homicides. The information is grouped by Motive (appearing as row headers), Victim's age group, Total, Less than 1 year, 1 to 3 years, 4 to 6 years, 7 to 11 years and 12 to 17 years, calculated using number and percent units of measure (appearing as column headers).
Motive	Victim's age group										Total
	Less than 1 year		1 to 3 years		4 to 6 years		7 to 11 years		12 to 17 years		Total
	number	percent	number	percent	number	percent	number	percent	number	percent	number	percent
Frustration	51	67	61	76	32	76	21	62	17	28	182	62
No apparent motive^Note 1	1	1	6	8	2	5	6	18	13	21	28	10
Argument or quarrel	2	3	1	1	3	7	3	9	13	21	22	8
Concealment^Note 2	21	28	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	21	7
Jealousy	0	0	9	11	2	5	1	3	3	5	15	5
Other^Note 3	1	1	0	0	2	5	2	6	8	13	13	4
Revenge	0	0	3	4	1	2	1	3	7	11	12	4
Unknown	7	Note ...: not applicable	8	Note ...: not applicable	3	Note ...: not applicable	5	Note ...: not applicable	3	Note ...: not applicable	26	Note ...: not applicable
Total	83	100	88	100	45	100	39	100	64	100	319	100
... not applicable Note 1. Includes, for example, mental illness and dementia. Return to note 1 referrer Note 2. Concealment includes homicides committed to hide evidence of something, for example a pregnancy or birth of a child, or evidence of another criminal offence. This is the most common motive for infanticides. Return to note 2 referrer Note 3. Other motives can include financial gain, mercy killing, and sexual violence. Return to note 3 referrer Note: Family-related homicides refers to homicides committed by parents, siblings, extended family members, and spouses. Excludes homicides where the age and/or sex of the victim was unknown. Excludes spousal victims under the age of 15 years. Percentages exclude homicides in which the cause of death was reported by police as unknown. Percentages may not add up to 100% due to rounding. Source: Statistics Canada, Canadian Centre for Justice Statistics, Homicide Survey.

Date modified:: 2015-11-30