This statistic shows the total number of children/youth victims of family-related homicides in Canada in 2016, distinguished by cause of death. In 2016, total 71 children, aged 17 or younger, were killed by a family member by strangulation, suffocation or drowning.
Number of child victims of family-related homicides in Canada in 2016, by cause of death
* '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. ** Includes causes of death not otherwise stated. Examples include exposure/hypothermia, deaths caused by motor vehicles, starvation, heat, etc.
Adapted from Statistics Canada, Family violence in Canada: A statistical profile 2016, page 77, 2016. This does not constitute an endorsement by Statistics Canada of this product.
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