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Diver hospitalized after great white shark attack in Quebec, Coast Guard say

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A diver was hospitalized after being bitten by a great white shark off Percé, Quebec, on the eastern tip of the Gaspé Peninsula. The Canadian Coast Guard responded to an alert at 10:27 a.m., and paramedics treated the injured diver before taking them to the hospital for further evaluation. Local diving activities have been suspended for the rest of the season as a precautionary measure. According to the Canadian Shark Attack Registry, such incidents are extremely rare in Canadian waters; there have only been 15 confirmed cases out of over three centuries of recorded data.

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On Wednesday, a diver was injured by a great white shark off the coast of Percé in Quebec's Gaspé region and was transported to hospital. The incident occurred around 10:30 a.m., prompting Plongée Percé, a local diving company, to immediately suspend all its diving activities for the remainder of the season. Emergency services were quickly involved, providing on-site first aid before rushing the diver to the hospital for further evaluation; their life is not in danger.

Recent years have seen an increase in great white shark sightings off Quebec's Gaspé Peninsula and other parts of Atlantic Canada. The Canadian Shark Attack Registry, which dates back over three centuries with only 15 confirmed incidents, considers such attacks exceptionally rare. Plongée Percé's vice-chair Jean-François Vézina reported on Saturday that the diver sustained multiple lacerations but is currently in stable condition at the hospital.

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Topics

Percé Plongée Percé Que The Canadian Coast Guard The Coast Guard

Subjects

Percé GPE · 2× Canadian NORP · 1× Plongée Percé ORG · 1× Que GPE · 1× The Canadian Coast Guard ORG · 1× The Canadian Shark Attack Registry ORG · 1× The Coast Guard ORG · 1×

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The registry is maintained by the independent non-profit St. Lawrence Shark Observatory and contains 30 reported incidents dating back more than three centuries, only 15 of which are considered confirmed.

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2026-09-17 · The Globe and Mail

Diver hospitalized after great white shark attack in Quebec, Coast Guard say · assertive framing

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The Canadian Coast Guard says a diver was taken to hospital after being bitten by a shark off Percé, Que., on the eastern tip of the Gaspé Peninsula. asserted

diver → say → Peninsula

The Coast Guard says it was alerted to the incident at about 10:27 a.m. and paramedics met the vessel when it arrived in Percé. asserted

it → say → Percé

Local diving centre Plongée Percé says the person received first aid before being transported to hospital for further evaluation. asserted

person → say → evaluation

The company says all of its diving activities have been suspended for the rest of the season as a precaution. asserted

all → say → precaution

The Canadian Shark Attack Registry says this type of incident in Canadian waters is exceptionally rare. asserted

type → say → waters

15 → maintain → which

The observatory says great white shark sightings and detections have become increasingly common in Atlantic Canada in recent years. asserted

sightings → say → years