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Table 4.7
Child and youth victims (0 to 17 years) of family-related homicide, by age group of victim and type of motive, Canada, 2006 to 2016

Table 4.7
Child and youth victims (0 to 17 years) of family-related homicide, by age group of victim and type of motive, 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 Type of motive (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).
Type of motive	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
Frustration, anger or despair	44	69	52	79	32	71	23	58	24	38	175	63
Argument or quarrel	1	2	1	2	3	7	3	8	13	20	21	8
Concealment^{Table 4.7 Note 1}	15	23	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	15	5
Jealousy	0	0	3	5	3	7	4	10	4	6	14	5
Revenge	0	0	4	6	2	4	3	8	3	5	12	4
Other^{Table 4.7 Note 2}	1	2	0	0	3	7	1	3	11	17	16	6
No apparent motive^{Table 4.7 Note 3}	3	5	6	9	2	4	6	15	9	14	26	9
Unknown	6	Note ...: not applicable	9	Note ...: not applicable	2	Note ...: not applicable	5	Note ...: not applicable	2	Note ...: not applicable	24	Note ...: not applicable
Total	70	100	75	100	47	100	45	100	66	100	303	100
... not applicable Note 1 Includes homicides committed to hide evidence of something (e.g., a pregnancy or birth of a child) or evidence of another criminal offence. This is the most common motive for infanticides. Return to note 1 referrer Note 2 Includes financial gain, mercy killing and sexual violence. Return to note 2 referrer Note 3 Includes mental illness and dementia. Return to note 3 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 have been calculated excluding unknown motives. Percentages may not total 100% due to rounding. Source: Statistics Canada, Canadian Centre for Justice Statistics, Homicide Survey.

Date modified:: 2018-01-17