Canada On the Canadian Femicide Observatory for Justice and Accountability (CFOJA)’s initiative, the newly launched podcast Too True Crime aims to memorialize every woman and girl killed by femicide in Canada since 2020 one episode per life lost.
The podcast premiered on November 25, 2025, coinciding with the International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women. To date, the series covers 580 victims, including six cases from Surrey.
Each episode spans 2–3 minutes and draws on publicly available records to recount the circumstances of deaths. Some episodes are narrated by victims’ relatives or individuals personally impacted including survivors of related crimes in a move described as deeply personal and respectful by advocates.
The CFOJA and the podcast’s creators argue that femicide in Canada is far from isolated. According to data from 2009–2022, roughly 68% of resolved homicides of women and girls were gender-related committed by a male intimate partner, family member, or someone who inflicted sexual violence on the victim.
Advocates stress that Too True Crime seeks to shift “true crime” from sensationalism to awareness, turning statistics into individual stories mothers, daughters, friends so victims can be remembered as people rather than numbers.
Beyond raising public awareness, the CFOJA calls on the federal government to formally recognize femicide in the Criminal Code of Canada, framing the issue as a national crisis requiring legal reform.
Listeners can subscribe to the podcast via platforms like Spotify and Apple Podcasts to hear the full series and engage with the call for justice.
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