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Child homicide rate in Canada

Canada: Child homicide rate was 0.4429 deaths per 100,000 people in 2022. ▲ Rising

Latest (2022)
0.4429 deaths per 100,000 people
Change on year
down 26.5%
World rank
47th
of 113 countries
All-time high
1.57 deaths per 100,000 people
in 1979
All-time low
0.4429 deaths per 100,000 people
in 2022
Years of data
73
1950–2022

Child homicide rate in Canada, 1950–2022

0.50.7511.21.5195019862022

Source: WHO Mortality Database (2025) – with minor processing by Our World in Data. Measured in deaths per 100,000 people.

Analysis

In 2022, child homicide rate in Canada stood at 0.4429 deaths per 100,000 people. That is the lowest value across all 73 years on record.

Compared with earlier readings it is down 26.5% on the previous year and down 33.9% over ten years.

Over the whole period, child homicide rate in Canada peaked at 1.57 deaths per 100,000 people in 1979 and was at its lowest, 0.4429 deaths per 100,000 people, in 2022.

Canada ranks 47th of 113 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.

The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 73 years of available data.

Child homicide rate in Canada, year by year

Year deaths per 100,000 people Change
1950 0.4452 deaths per 100,000 people —
1951 0.5993 deaths per 100,000 people +34.6%
1952 0.7944 deaths per 100,000 people +32.5%
1953 0.8004 deaths per 100,000 people +0.8%
1954 0.62 deaths per 100,000 people -22.5%
1955 0.6784 deaths per 100,000 people +9.4%
1956 0.7313 deaths per 100,000 people +7.8%
1957 0.5675 deaths per 100,000 people -22.4%
1958 0.8044 deaths per 100,000 people +41.8%
1959 0.5836 deaths per 100,000 people -27.5%
1960 0.6603 deaths per 100,000 people +13.1%
1961 0.4583 deaths per 100,000 people -30.6%
1962 0.7016 deaths per 100,000 people +53.1%
1963 0.5356 deaths per 100,000 people -23.7%
1964 0.5614 deaths per 100,000 people +4.8%
1965 0.7923 deaths per 100,000 people +41.1%
1966 0.7234 deaths per 100,000 people -8.7%
1967 0.8592 deaths per 100,000 people +18.8%
1968 0.739 deaths per 100,000 people -14.0%
1969 0.9025 deaths per 100,000 people +22.1%
1970 1.11 deaths per 100,000 people +23.1%
1971 1.19 deaths per 100,000 people +7.0%
1972 1.11 deaths per 100,000 people -6.7%
1973 1.16 deaths per 100,000 people +4.8%
1974 1.28 deaths per 100,000 people +9.8%
1975 1.37 deaths per 100,000 people +7.1%
1976 1.27 deaths per 100,000 people -7.2%
1977 1.26 deaths per 100,000 people -1.0%
1978 1.28 deaths per 100,000 people +2.1%
1979 1.57 deaths per 100,000 people +22.4%
1980 0.7872 deaths per 100,000 people -49.8%
1981 1.33 deaths per 100,000 people +68.5%
1982 1.28 deaths per 100,000 people -3.7%
1983 1.12 deaths per 100,000 people -11.9%
1984 1.2 deaths per 100,000 people +7.0%
1985 1.18 deaths per 100,000 people -2.3%
1986 1.22 deaths per 100,000 people +4.0%
1987 1.12 deaths per 100,000 people -8.7%
1988 0.7666 deaths per 100,000 people -31.3%
1989 1.24 deaths per 100,000 people +62.4%
1990 1.17 deaths per 100,000 people -6.1%
1991 1.21 deaths per 100,000 people +3.6%
1992 1.03 deaths per 100,000 people -14.6%
1993 0.8347 deaths per 100,000 people -19.2%
1994 1.08 deaths per 100,000 people +29.4%
1995 0.8868 deaths per 100,000 people -17.9%
1996 1.18 deaths per 100,000 people +33.3%
1997 0.9433 deaths per 100,000 people -20.2%
1998 0.9923 deaths per 100,000 people +5.2%
1999 0.8068 deaths per 100,000 people -18.7%
2000 0.9449 deaths per 100,000 people +17.1%
2001 0.9589 deaths per 100,000 people +1.5%
2002 0.9986 deaths per 100,000 people +4.1%
2003 0.8015 deaths per 100,000 people -19.7%
2004 0.8796 deaths per 100,000 people +9.7%
2005 1.03 deaths per 100,000 people +17.5%
2006 1.11 deaths per 100,000 people +7.5%
2007 1.11 deaths per 100,000 people +0.0%
2008 1.1 deaths per 100,000 people -1.2%
2009 1.29 deaths per 100,000 people +17.2%
2010 0.9712 deaths per 100,000 people -24.5%
2011 0.9721 deaths per 100,000 people +0.1%
2012 0.6696 deaths per 100,000 people -31.1%
2013 0.6948 deaths per 100,000 people +3.8%
2014 0.6183 deaths per 100,000 people -11.0%
2015 0.5408 deaths per 100,000 people -12.5%
2016 0.4749 deaths per 100,000 people -12.2%
2017 0.6696 deaths per 100,000 people +41.0%
2018 0.6281 deaths per 100,000 people -6.2%
2019 0.7718 deaths per 100,000 people +22.9%
2020 0.9428 deaths per 100,000 people +22.2%
2021 0.6024 deaths per 100,000 people -36.1%
2022 0.4429 deaths per 100,000 people -26.5%

Canada compared with similar countries

  • Canada's 0.4429 deaths per 100,000 people is above the median for high income countries, which is 0.3072 deaths per 100,000 people, 1.4× the median. (58 countries reporting)

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
1950s 0.6624 deaths per 100,000 people 0.4452 deaths per 100,000 people 0.8044 deaths per 100,000 people 10
1960s 0.6934 deaths per 100,000 people 0.4583 deaths per 100,000 people 0.9025 deaths per 100,000 people 10
1970s 1.26 deaths per 100,000 people 1.11 deaths per 100,000 people 1.57 deaths per 100,000 people 10
1980s 1.12 deaths per 100,000 people 0.7666 deaths per 100,000 people 1.33 deaths per 100,000 people 10
1990s 1.01 deaths per 100,000 people 0.8068 deaths per 100,000 people 1.21 deaths per 100,000 people 10
2000s 1.02 deaths per 100,000 people 0.8015 deaths per 100,000 people 1.29 deaths per 100,000 people 10
2010s 0.7011 deaths per 100,000 people 0.4749 deaths per 100,000 people 0.9721 deaths per 100,000 people 10
2020s 0.6627 deaths per 100,000 people 0.4429 deaths per 100,000 people 0.9428 deaths per 100,000 people 3

Countries ranked near Canada

  1. 44 Finland 0.5202 deaths per 100,000 people compare
  2. 45 North Macedonia 0.4818 deaths per 100,000 people compare
  3. 46 Russia 0.4555 deaths per 100,000 people compare
  4. 48 Mongolia 0.4379 deaths per 100,000 people compare
  5. 49 Ukraine 0.4291 deaths per 100,000 people compare
  6. 50 Greece 0.4063 deaths per 100,000 people compare

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Frequently asked questions

What is child homicide rate in Canada?
Child homicide rate in Canada was 0.4429 deaths per 100,000 people in 2022, according to WHO Mortality Database (2025) – with minor processing by Our World in Data.
What is the highest child homicide rate recorded in Canada?
The highest recorded value was 1.57 deaths per 100,000 people in 1979.
What is the lowest child homicide rate recorded in Canada?
The lowest recorded value was 0.4429 deaths per 100,000 people in 2022.
How does Canada rank for child homicide rate?
Canada ranks 47th out of 113 countries with data for 2022.
Is child homicide rate rising or falling in Canada?
Over the last ten years it is down 33.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
Where does this Canada data come from?
The figures come from WHO Mortality Database (2025) – with minor processing by Our World in Data, published as part of Child homicide rate. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

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Indicator
Child homicide rate
Unit
deaths per 100,000 people
Source
WHO Mortality Database (2025) – with minor processing by Our World in Data
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage
113 places, 4,903 data points, 1950–2023
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Annual number of homicides where the victim is under 20 years old, per 100,000 people in the same age-group.