Global News·Canada·Monday, August 17, 2026 at 03:19 PM

Woman dead after being swept into Lake Ontario

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Trevor Popoff

Posted August 17, 2026 11:19 am

1 min read

A Peel Regional Police logo is seen in Ottawa, on Sunday, Sept. 28, 2025. Spencer Colby/The Canadian Press

A woman is dead after being swept into Lake Ontario, according to Peel Regional Police.

First responders were called to Jack Darling Memorial Park in Mississauga around 10:30 a.m. Saturday morning. The park has a waterfront trail and multiple jut-outs into Lake Ontario.

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Mississauga fire located the woman roughly 45 minutes later.

She was taken to hospital, where she was pronounced dead.

Police say they have not been able to notify her next-of-kin, and will not be identifying her publicly until they do so.

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