Quebec Drownings

• Safety expert urges caution around water as Quebec construction holiday begins

  As millions of Quebecers begin their vacations, the Quebec branch of the Lifesaving Society is offering tips on how to stay safe while enjoying the water.

  Canada

  Jul 21, 2024
  
• Remembering a 1954 drowning tragedy that claimed the lives of 12 Quebec children

  Seventy years after 12 children drowned in a boating accident, a plaque has been installed at the site of the tragedy to honour the victims.

  Canada

  Jul 13, 2024
  
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• Body of young child recovered from reservoir following boating accident: Quebec police

  Rescue teams recovered the body of a child from the Baskatong Reservoir in Quebec overnight following a boating accident earlier Saturday evening. The child was under five.

  Canada

  Jun 2, 2024
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• About one child per day taken to ER in Quebec for drownings, research says

  The research found children between the age of one and four are most at risk, and drownings or near-drownings are more likely to occur on weekends and in pools without fencing. 

  Canada

  May 26, 2024
• Quebec study sheds light on frequency, severity of drownings among children

  A study just released concludes that every day this summer, one child will end up at an emergency room in the province for drowning, or near drowning.

  Canada

  May 23, 2024
• Calls to make swimming lessons more available in Quebec after deadly year on water

  It has been a particularly deadly year on the water in Quebec, where more than a third of all drownings reported in Canada in 2023 have occurred.

  Canada

  Aug 6, 2023
• Deadly holiday weekend in Quebec as police report fatal crashes, drownings

  Quebec authorities say at least 10 people lost their lives on the roads and in the water this long weekend as the province celebrated the Saint-Jean-Baptiste Day holiday.

  Canada

  Jun 26, 2023
• Water safety experts in Quebec ‘very concerned’ as summer looms

  Quebec health-care and swimming experts are urging caution after a deadly weekend in the province, including where a four-year-old boy died involving a backyard pool.

  Canada

  Jun 15, 2022
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• Toddler pulled unconscious from private pool in Brossard: police

  Longueuil police said they were called to a home on Rivard Boulevard in Brossard, after the toddler was found unconscious in a pool.

  Canada

  Aug 2, 2021
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• Strengthened safety regulations to be applied to all Quebec residential swimming pools

  Under the rules, swimming pools must be surrounded by an enclosure to restrict access, with specific guidelines as to what constitutes an enclosure.

  Canada

  May 21, 2021