from We Count Femicide Because…
In March 2026, there was 1 femicide reported in Ontario. The March OAITH report indicates that, while much of the focus of femicide research has been on younger women, emerging evidence suggests that older women are facing a distinct and at times overlooked risk of femicide. Among the femicides reported this year, three quarters of victims reported to date were aged 55 and older. This type of violence is not unique to one type of femicide either as older women are experiencing lethal violence across all relationship types. This trend is not new; OAITH has been bringing attention to this since 2017.
View the report for February here: We Count Femicide – March 2026
Since November 26th 2025, there have been 8 femicides were reported in Ontario. In 2024-2025, OAITH tracked a total of 43 femicides within media reports.
Femicide is commonly defined as the intentional murder of women because they are women. OAITH’s femicide definition includes a gender-based killing of a woman, child, trans woman, 2-Spirited Person, or gender non-conforming individual where a man has been charged in relation to the death.
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