FOUR children have died and a man remains missing after they were swept up in the tide while fishing.
The unresponsive bodies of the children were found on a river bank hours after an emergency call was placed about a group getting pulled out to sea.
The children all appeared to be under the age of 10, police said, per CTV.
The man is reportedly in his 30s.
Police said there was a group of 11 people fishing on the shore in Portneuf-sur-Mer, Canada, when the tide began to rise.
Several of the group members were caught off guard and were swept away.
An emergency call was made at about 2am on Saturday, police said.
Six people were rescued and five others – the four children and older man – were reported missing.
Various officials, including a diving team, were assisting in the search for the man.
Portneuf-sur-Mer is located in Quebec, Canada, about six hours northeast of Montreal.