CANADA Canada - Yannick Fortin, 6, Matawin, Québec, 11 May 1991

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Canada's Missing | Case details

On May 11, 1991, Yannick Fortin, age 6, was last seen playing by himself in the backyard of the family residence in Matawin. The backyard of the house overlooks the St. Maurice River. Searches were conducted in the area but Yannick was never seen again.

 

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Bumping for Yannick as we approach the 32nd anniversary of his disappearance...

 

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COLD CASE: DISAPPEARANCE OF YANICK FORTIN, 6, FROM MATAWIN, QUEBEC – MAY 11, 1991 - MissingPeople.ca

Yanick Fortin, 6, was last seen May 11, 1991 playing alone in the backyard of his family home in Matawin, Quebec, near the Saint-Maurice River. Auburn hair, black eyes, 3'5", 44 lbs, wearing yellow cotton sweater, blue cotton pants, red & blue nylon shoes. Family cat also missing. Over 150…

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December 16, 2025

Cold Case: Disappearance of Yanick Fortin, 6, from Matawin, Quebec – May 11, 1991​

On the morning of May 11, 1991, Yanick Fortin, a 6-year-old boy, was last seen playing alone in the backyard of his family home in Matawin, Quebec. The yard overlooked the Saint-Maurice River. The family cat, which always followed Yanick, disappeared at the same time. His father speculated the cat may have been near the river and Yanick fell in while trying to retrieve it.

An extensive search involving over 150 mostly volunteer searchers, helicopters, tracking dogs, all-terrain vehicles, and police divers scoured the surrounding woods and river – but no trace of Yanick or the cat was ever found. The case remains unsolved more than 34 years later.