Montreal

Montreal police recover body from Rivière-des-Prairies

Montreal police pulled a body out of the Rivière-des-Prairies, north of the island of Montreal near the Ahuntsic-Cartierville borough. 

Investigation being transferred to coroner's office

Two officers by the bank of a river.
Montreal police officers pulled the body from the Rivière-des-Prairies Saturday afternoon. (Pascal Girard/Radio-Canada)

Montreal police pulled a body out of the Rivière-des-Prairies, north of the island of Montreal near the Ahuntsic-Cartierville borough, Saturday afternoon. 

Police received a 911 call just before 3:20 p.m. after a person spotted the body in the water near the intersection of Gouin Boulevard and Martin Avenue.

The body has not been identified, according to police spokesperson Julien Lévesque. 

Investigators with the Service de police de la Ville de Montréal analyzed the scene and the investigation is being transferred to the Quebec coroner's office.