Concerns Rise in Quadeville After Young Girl’s Injuries

People living in a small village in eastern Ontario are feeling worried and uncertain after a young girl was discovered seriously injured in their area – details about what happened are still unclear.

On Tuesday, Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) advised residents of Quadeville, which is about 60 kilometres southwest of Renfrew, to keep their children inside or under close supervision following an incident that left an eight-year-old girl with serious injuries.

“Though this appears to be an isolated incident, investigators are still working to determine the cause of the child’s injuries,” the police force said Tuesday on social media.

Jordan Genrick, chief of the Brudenell, Lyndoch and Raglan Fire Department, told CBC on Tuesday afternoon that firefighters assisted OPP officers in getting the injured girl out from woods in Quadeville around 12:30 a. m. Tuesday. An area of forest behind homes along Quadeville Road was marked off with police tape.

Renfrew Country paramedics confirmed to CBC that they took care of the child but didn’t provide more information about her injuries.

An unmarked OPP vehicle blocks access to a wooded area in Quadeville. (Guy Quenneville/CBC)

OPP stated that the child remains hospitalized and they are “working with medical officials as part of the investigation.” They cautioned parents to keep their kids indoors or closely watched “until the source of the victim’s injuries can be determined.”

“We honestly don’t know what the source of the injuries was,” OPP spokesperson Bill Dickson told CBC on Tuesday afternoon.

Patient transport service Ornge mentioned in an email Tuesday afternoon that it transported a child patient to a children’s hospital in Ottawa “with critical injuries relating to an animal attack.”

Child reported missing Monday

OPP issued a missing persons alert on Monday night featuring photos of a child who had last been seen around 6 p. m. at a grocery store in Quadeville. The missing child, described by police as eight years old, was later found.

The local fire department shared on social media that “in light of the recent events in Quadeville” it would not take part in local Canada Day celebrations, including fireworks scheduled for Saturday.

“Out of respect for the family, community & our firefighters’ mental health, we hope you understand,” wrote the fire department.

The local fire department says firefighters helped OPP officers extract the injured girl from dense woods in Quadeville around 12:30 a. m. Tuesday. (Guy Quenneville/CBC)

John Hodge, who has lived in Quadeville for two years near where police had set up barriers, said OPP officers came by his home early Tuesday morning asking about a young girl who had gone missing.

Latter on Tuesday, after finding a girl, OPP returned asking if Hodge had seen any wildlife around his property.

“Hopefully she’s going to be okay and this was just an isolated incident,” he said.

Quadeville resident John Hodge stands near the rear of his property, which faces a wooded area police had taped off on Tuesday. (Guy Quenneville/CBC)

Other residents also mentioned to CBC that police visited them too asking if they had pets or noticed any wildlife nearby.

They shared how locals started searching for the missing child Monday evening until eventually police dogs located her.


The situation is just terrible. I’ve felt awful all day,” one resident expressed regarding her feelings on Tuesday. “Living out here means you don’t expect things like this.”

Quadeville is part of Brudenell, Lyndoch and Raglan township within Renfrew County and sits about 130 kilometres west from downtown Ottawa and roughly 30 kilometres southeast from Barry’s Bay.

The township had approximately 1,550 residents according to data from the 2021 census.

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