{"id":611410,"date":"2026-04-18T01:40:05","date_gmt":"2026-04-18T01:40:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/611410\/"},"modified":"2026-04-18T01:40:05","modified_gmt":"2026-04-18T01:40:05","slug":"search-underway-after-canoe-capsizes-in-brampton-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/611410\/","title":{"rendered":"Search underway after canoe capsizes in Brampton"},"content":{"rendered":"

Police are searching for a missing boater after a canoe capsized in Brampton late Saturday night. <\/p>\n

The body of a man in his 30s, who went missing Saturday night after a canoe overturned in Brampton\u2019s Heart Lake, has been recovered, Peel police say.<\/p>\n

Speaking with the media near the scene on Sunday afternoon, Const. Tyler Bell, said they were called to the Heart Lake Conservation Area, which is north of Sandalwood Parkway East and west of Highway 401, at around 9:30 p.m. on Saturday for reports of \u201cboaters in distress.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cIt was reported to us that an adult male and female were on board a canoe in the lake, that canoe had capsized, and that the individuals needed assistance,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

Bell said bystanders who were having a bonfire nearby called 911.<\/p>\n

\u201cUndoubtedly, we have them to thank for this woman\u2019s rescue,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

\u201cHad it not been for the people that were ashore and able to hear the people in distress, we would be recovering two people that have died here without question.\u201d<\/p>\n

\"\"PRP Police searching for a missing boater after a canoe capsized in Brampton late Saturday night (CP24 photo). <\/p>\n

Emergency Crews arrived at the scene within minutes, said Bell, including with Brampton Fire and Emergency Services, which commenced search-and-rescue operations.<\/p>\n

\u201cThey quickly located an adult female and brought her to shore. She\u2019s now safe, and unfortunately, we were unable to locate an adult male that was missing,\u201d Bell said, adding a canoe was also recovered from the lake.<\/p>\n

The woman was taken to the hospital by paramedics with non-life-threatening injuries related to cold water exposure.<\/p>\n

Police have since seized her vehicle as they conduct their investigation into the circumstances of this incident and the sequence of events.<\/p>\n

\"\"Seized vehicle Heart Lake death A vehicle belonging to a woman who was rescue from Brampton Heart Lake on April 11 has been seized. (Jacob Estrin\/CTV News Toronto) Search-and-rescue continued into night<\/p>\n

The search-and-rescue operation continued for several hours into the night and included the help of Peel Regional Police\u2019s Air Support Unit, which conducted thermal imaging. However, no heat signatures were found, Bell said.<\/p>\n

He went on to say that early this afternoon, PRP\u2019s Marine Unit attended the scene and began underwater search-and-recovery operations and found a deceased adult male, also believed to be in his 30s.<\/p>\n

Bell said while police are unsure of the relationship between the two individuals, they\u2019re \u201cobviously known to one another.\u201d<\/p>\n

\"\"Const. Tyler Bell, PRP, April 12 Const. Tyler Bell, of Peel Regioanl Police, peaks to the media on April 12 at Heart Lake Conservation Area. (Jacob Estrin\/CTV News Toronto) <\/p>\n

He added that there were no life jackets at the time that the boat capsized.<\/p>\n

The conservation area, Bell noted, was also closed at the time of the incident and \u201ctechnically nobody should have had access to the water.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cThere\u2019s a lot of questions here, and not so many answers at this early is this early point,\u201d he said, adding it is unclear how they acquired the canoe and if it was theirs or not.<\/p>\n

\u201cNot to suggest that there\u2019s anything criminal but we are looking at the circumstance as suspicious.\u201d<\/p>\n

Bell said the circumstances of this incident are \u201codd\u201d: the fact that they were out on the water late at night and that it\u2019s not prime boating season. <\/p>\n

\u201cThere\u2019s a lot of questions we need to answer just to make sure that there\u2019s no foul play here,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

An autopsy will be done to determine the man\u2019s cause of death and people should expect a police presence in that area for the next while, added Bell.<\/p>\n

An investigation is now ongoing by 22 Division\u2019s Criminal Investigations Bureau and Office of the Chief Coroner. <\/p>\n

More details to come. This is a developing story.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Police are searching for a missing boater after a canoe capsized in Brampton late Saturday night. The body…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":599578,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[194339],"tags":[712,51759,49,48],"class_list":["post-611410","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-brampton","tag-apple-news","tag-brampton","tag-ca","tag-canada"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/611410","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=611410"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/611410\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/599578"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=611410"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=611410"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=611410"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}