Ontario, Canada_
Ontario Provincial Police say a Brampton man drowned Sunday, August 24, in Elora.
Emergency responders were called to the Bissell Park bridge around 6:30 p.m. to help search for a missing person in the Grand River.
They learnt a 29-year-old had jumped off the bridge and into the water but never resurfaced.
Rescuers found him in the Grand River but he died at the scene.
Police tape at the Bissell Park bridge in Elora on August 25, 2025, said the man’s name would not be released out of respect for his family.
The incident was determined not to be suspicious by the Office of the Chief Coroner and the Ontario Forensic Pathology Service.
The drowning was the second one this summer in Elora.
In June, witnesses called 911 after noticing a man in distress at the Elora Quarry. The 24-year-old swimmer was pulled from the water and taken to hospital where he was pronounced deceased.
According to Lifesaving Society Ontario, there were 59 drowning deaths in 2024.
So far, 73 have been reported across the province this year.
By Jennifer K. Baker
