Femicide Canada

• B.C. advocates push for femicide to be deemed a specific offence

  Advocates say femicide should be deemed its own specific offence in B.C. Femicide means the intentional act of killing women or girls due to their gender.

  Crime

  Aug 4, 2025
  
• ‘Name what things are’: Recognizing ‘femicide’ 35 years after the Montreal Massacre

  On Dec. 6, 1989, a man motivated by a hatred of feminists shot and killed 14 women and injured 13 other people at the Montreal engineering school.

  Canada

  Dec 5, 2024
  
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• Vigil set for ‘kind’ and ‘caring’ Ontario mom killed in Ottawa femicide

  A vigil to honour the Ottawa woman killed in what police are calling a devastating case of femicide is planned for Tuesday evening.

  Canada

  Oct 28, 2024
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• At least 78 women in Canada killed by violence this year — in just 6 months

  The cases of 78 women were recorded in one mid-year report that suggested the actual number of deaths is likely higher.

  Canada

  Jul 11, 2018
• 57 women killed in Canada this year — experts link misogyny to femicide

  Eight of the 57 women killed so far this year died in the Toronto van attack.

  Crime

  May 1, 2018