Family, friends and members of the community attended the funeral for Rajvinder Kahlon in Delta on Saturday, to honour the little girl whose life was cut short.
The girl, a two-and-a-half-year-old Indo-Canadian, was found dead in her family's home in North Delta on Friday Jan. 18th.
The ceremony took place at 3 p.m. at Riverside Funeral Home and Crematorium in Delta.
The father of the girl, Lakvinder Kahlon, 47, has been charged with first-degree murder and has been ordered to undergo psychiatric examination.
Manjit Kahlon, the mother of the girl, told CTV News on Thursday she is distraught and cannot make sense of the death of her daughter. She denies widespread reports that her husband was unhappy that he had three daughters.
Speculation has swirled in the Indo-Canadian community that Lakvinder Kahlon was depressed at least in part because his wife did not bear a son.
Radio India host Gupreet Singh says he spoke to Manjit Kahlon in the family home, where he saw a picture of a Sikh saint couples pray to in the hope of having a male child.
Kahlon responded by saying her husband got the picture from a local Sikh temple and experienced peace of mind from the picture.
Vancouver MP Ujjal Dosanjh told CTV News the Indian community needs to admit it has a problem.
"If we don't feel the shame, if we don't have remorse, we won't change," he said.
A Kahlon family friend named Jimmy said he is not worried about speculation and insists Rajvinder was a wanted child.
"We're not worried," he said. "The family knows the truth and that's all that matters," he said.
A trust has been set up in the girl's name for financial donations to support the family.
With a report from CTV British Columbia's Shannon Paterson
