Table 4.5
Child and youth victims (0 to 17 years) of family-related homicides, by age group of the victim and cause of death, Canada, 2004 to 2014

Table 4.5
Child and youth victims (0 to 17 years) of family-related homicides, by age group of the victim and cause of death, Canada, 2004 to 2014
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 Cause of death (appearing as row headers), Age group of victim, 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).
Cause of death Age group of victim Total
Less than 1 year 1 to 3 years 4 to 6 years 7 to 11 years 12 to 17 years
number percent number percent number percent number percent number percent number percent
Strangulation, suffocation or drowning 23 32 18 22 10 22 12 29 14 22 77 25
Beating 20 27 36 43 10 22 4 10 6 10 76 25
Stabbing 2 3 8 10 10 22 11 26 21 33 52 17
Shaken Baby SyndromeNote 1 19 26 7 8 Note ...: not applicable Note ...: not applicable Note ...: not applicable Note ...: not applicable Note ...: not applicable Note ...: not applicable 26 8
Shooting 0 0 6 7 3 7 6 14 14 22 29 9
Poisoning or lethal injection 1 1 2 2 6 13 2 5 3 5 14 5
Fire (smoke inhalation, burns) 0 0 3 4 2 4 5 12 1 2 11 4
OtherNote 2 8 11 3 4 4 9 2 5 4 6 21 7
Unknown 3 Note ...: not applicable 1 Note ...: not applicable 3 Note ...: not applicable 3 Note ...: not applicable 0 Note ...: not applicable 10 Note ...: not applicable
Total 76 100 84 100 48 100 45 100 63 100 316 100
... not applicable
Note 1.

'Shaken Baby Syndrome' refers to homicides committed against a baby (under the age of three years) where the primary cause of death resulted from being shaken, tossed or thrown.

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Note 2.

Includes causes of death not otherwise stated. Examples include exposure/hypothermia, deaths caused by motor vehicles, starvation, heat, etc.

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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 a small number of victims in Quebec whose age was unknown but was miscoded as 0. Percentages exclude homicides in which the cause of death was reported by police as unknown.
Source: Statistics Canada, Canadian Centre for Justice Statistics, Homicide Survey.
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