There Has Been yet Another Suspected Femicide in Montreal, as Calls for Better Prevention Continue
Advocates say Quebec’s femicide toll underscores gaps in shelter space and prevention as police report 40% of women have faced partner violence.
- Montreal police confirmed the city's 15th homicide of 2026 after discovering a 44-year-old woman dead Saturday in her Villeray-Saint-Michel-Parc-Extension apartment; a 51-year-old man found at the scene with serious upper-body injuries is considered a suspect.
- Data from the Coalition féministe contre la violence envers les femmes indicates this is the 12th suspected femicide in Quebec this year, with experts noting these deaths represent the extreme end of a continuum of intimate partner violence.
- Officers in the Montreal police department's specialized intimate partner violence unit, established in 2021, have received expanded training on coercive control and strangulation after responding to the emergency call at 1:45 p.m. on Saturday.
- The Protecting Victims Act , which came into force July 18, now classifies femicide as first-degree murder across Canada, though the shelter community warns such measures "cannot compensate for the glaring lack of shelter places."
- Support services remain accessible: SOS Violence Conjugale provides help 24 hours a day at 1-800-363-9010, and the Children's Club and Empowerment for Mothers offers ongoing assistance for those affected by domestic abuse.
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The Toronto Star
Montreal police investigate suspected femicide after woman found dead
MONTREAL - Montreal police are investigating a suspected femicide after a 44-year-old woman was found dead Saturday in an apartment in the city’s Villeray–Saint-Michel–Parc-Extension borough.
The identity of the woman who was brutally stabbed in front of family members on Saturday in broad daylight in Montreal is now known.
The Oaxacan authorities arrested a man accused of aggravated femicide in the Mixteca region; a judge sentenced him to pretrial detention.
On the occasion of his press review on Monday morning, Paul Arcand discusses the murder of a 44-year-old woman in Montreal's Saint-Michel neighbourhood on Saturday.
A man is suspected of killing a woman with whom he had a conjugal relationship in front of his family in broad daylight on Saturday.
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