Table 4.6
Child and youth victims (0 to 17 years) of family-related homicides, by age group of the victim and motive, Canada, 2004 to 2014

Table 4.6
Child and youth victims (0 to 17 years) of family-related homicides, by age group of the victim and motive, 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 Motive (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).
Motive 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
Frustration, anger or despair 47 67 59 78 30 67 24 60 19 32 179 62
No apparent motiveNote 1 1 1 5 7 3 7 6 15 11 18 26 9
Argument or quarrel 2 3 1 1 4 9 3 8 13 22 23 8
ConcealmentNote 2 18 26 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 18 6
Jealousy 0 0 7 9 2 4 2 5 3 5 14 5
OtherNote 3 2 3 0 0 3 7 2 5 10 17 17 6
Revenge 0 0 4 5 3 7 3 8 4 7 14 5
Unknown 6 Note ...: not applicable 8 Note ...: not applicable 3 Note ...: not applicable 5 Note ...: not applicable 3 Note ...: not applicable 25 Note ...: not applicable
Total 76 100 84 100 48 100 45 100 63 100 316 100
... not applicable
Note 1.

Includes, for example, mental illness and dementia.

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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.

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Note 3.

Other motives can include financial gain, mercy killing, and sexual violence.

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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. Excludes spousal victims under the age of 15 years. 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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