Ontario Provincial Police are investigating the deaths of two people in separate drownings on Saturday, including a three-year-old.
Police say emergency services were called out to Mille Roches Beach about 15 kilometres west of Cornwall, Ont., around 5:45 p.m. regarding a child who had no vital signs.
They say off-duty medical professionals attempted to resuscitate the child before they were rushed to hospital, where they were later pronounced dead.
The child’s identity is not being released out of respect for the family.
Separately, police say emergency services responded to a residence on River Road East in Wasaga Beach at approximately 1:05 p.m. after reports of a missing kayaker.
They say a 24-year-old man from Toronto had been kayaking with two others when their boat overturned.
The Wasaga Beach Fire Department located the man and started resuscitation efforts before he was taken to hospital and later pronounced dead.
Provincial police have been raising awareness for drowning prevention as the number of drownings in eastern Ontario this year is more than double what it was by this time in 2024.
Last week, a three-year-old child drowned at Sandbanks Provincial Park while playing with family members in a shallow area of water.