And in case you have some kind of problem with the sources I cite - here you have data from Canada from the "Global Study on Homicide 2019" by UNODC (United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime):
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Filicide trends in Canada, 1961-2011National statistical systems rarely record sex-disaggregated data on the number of filicide victims.
Canada is one of the few countries that collects more information on this specific type of homicide through its annual Homicide
Survey. (...)
A trend analysis of homicide data from the annual Homicide Survey conducted by Statistics Canada (total sample number: 1,612 cases) indicates that
57 per cent of those accused of filicide during the period 1961-2011 were
males. (Filicide was defined, for the purposes of the analysis, as the killing of a child under the age of 18 years by a biological parent or step-parent.) Throughout the period analysed, paternal filicide consistently made up the greater proportion of such cases, but
the gender gap increased with time.
Percentage of filicide victims, by gender of the accused, 1974-2011Source: Statistics Canada, Canadian Centre for Justice Statistics, Homicide Survey.
(...)
The most common filicidal events involved fathers killing sons (31 per cent), followed by fathers killing daughters (26 per cent).
(...)
Children aged under 1 year were at greater risk from mothers than fathers (59 per cent versus 41 per cent), but fathers accounted for the largest share of those accused of filicide thereafter. The largest share of accused parents were those in the age group 25-34.
Women were disproportionately represented among those under 18 years of age (92 per cent versus 8 per cent males), while
men were more prevalent in the older age groups (35 years and above). These general patterns were consistent over time.
Relationship breakdown and filicideOver the period of analysis there was an increase in the share of accused who were step-parents - one outcome of increasing marital breakdown - although
the vast majority (92 per cent) were still biological parents."
What I think is interesting is how the gender gap increased with time - the filicide by mothers decreased, but filicide by fathers increased: 🤔

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