3-year-old drowns at Sandbanks Provincial Park
Child went missing while playing in shallow water, police say
A three-year-old child drowned Thursday at Sandbanks Provincial Park, according to Ontario Provincial Police (OPP)
The child was playing with family members in shallow water when they went missing, according to a Friday OPP news release. Police were dispatched around 5:30 p.m.
Bystanders found the child and paramedics transported them to hospital, police said, but the child was eventually pronounced dead.
Police said the investigation is ongoing and they will not release the identity of the victim out of respect for the family's privacy.
CBC Ottawa is now aware of 16 local water deaths in 2025, 10 of them this summer and two in the same county last weekend. Safety officials recommend keeping children under close supervision, never swimming alone, wearing a life-jacket and sticking to beaches where lifeguards are on duty
Sandbanks Provincial Park is around 70 kilometres southwest of downtown Kingston and around 200 kilometres southwest of downtown Ottawa.