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Table 4.6
Child and youth victims (0 to 17 years) of family-related homicide, by age group of victim and cause of death, Canada, 2006 to 2016

Table 4.6
Child and youth victims (0 to 17 years) of family-related homicide, by age group of victim and cause of death, Canada, 2006 to 2016
Table summary
This table displays the results of Child and youth victims (0 to 17 years) of family-related homicide. The information is grouped by Cause of death (appearing as row headers), Age group of victim, Total victims, 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 victims
	Less than 1 year		1 to 3 years		4 to 6 years		7 to 11 years		12 to 17 years		Total victims
	number	percent	number	percent	number	percent	number	percent	number	percent	number	percent
Beating	18	26	33	45	12	27	4	10	8	12	75	26
Strangulation, suffocation or drowning	20	29	16	22	10	23	10	24	15	23	71	24
Stabbing	2	3	8	11	9	20	12	29	18	28	49	17
Shooting	0	0	4	5	3	7	7	17	15	23	29	10
Shaken Baby Syndrome^{Table 4.6 Note 1}	19	28	4	5	Note ...: not applicable	Note ...: not applicable	Note ...: not applicable	Note ...: not applicable	Note ...: not applicable	Note ...: not applicable	23	8
Poisoning or lethal injection	2	3	2	3	4	9	2	5	3	5	13	4
Fire (smoke inhalation, burns)	0	0	3	4	2	5	5	12	2	3	12	4
Other^{Table 4.6 Note 2}	7	10	4	5	4	9	2	5	4	6	21	7
Unknown	2	Note ...: not applicable	1	Note ...: not applicable	3	Note ...: not applicable	3	Note ...: not applicable	1	Note ...: not applicable	10	Note ...: not applicable
Total	70	100	75	100	47	100	45	100	66	100	303	100
... not applicable Note 1 'Shaken Baby Syndrome' refers to homicides committed against a baby (under age 3) where the primary cause of death resulted from being shaken, tossed or thrown. Return to note 1 referrer Note 2 Includes causes of death not otherwise stated. Examples include deaths caused by motor vehicles, exposure/hypothermia, starvation and heat. Return to note 2 referrer Note: Family-related homicide refers to homicides committed by parents (biological, step, adopted and foster), siblings (biological, step, half, adopted and foster), extended family members (e.g., grandparents, uncles, aunts, cousins and in-laws) and spouses (legally married, separated, divorced and common-law). Victims refer to those aged 17 years and younger. Excludes victims of unsolved homicides, and victims where the sex or the age was unknown or where the accused-victim relationship was unknown. Percentages exclude homicides where the cause of death was reported by police as unknown. Percentages may not total 100% due to rounding. Source: Statistics Canada, Canadian Centre for Justice Statistics, Homicide Survey.

Date modified:: 2018-01-17