Three London, Ont. women were among 62 victims of femicide in Ontario over the past year, something a local abused women’s shelter said is further evidence that gender-based violence needs to be treated as the epidemic that it is.

The list, released by the Ontario Association of Interval and Transition Houses (OAITH) and the University of Guelph, includes women, children, and gender-diverse individuals who were the victims of a gender-related killing by a man.