In Photos: Exhausted residents fight rising floodwaters in hard-hit Quebec
Thousands of Canadians across the country were a desperate struggle with rising floodwaters caused by unusually persistent rainfall
Two men navigate a flooded street in a small boat in Rigaud, west of Montreal.Graham Hughes/The Canadian Press
Johanne Aubin uses a pool pump to protect her Pierrefonds home from flood waters on May 8, 2017.Catherine Legault/AFP / Getty Images
People fill sandbags to fend off the floodwaters Monday, May 8, 2017 in Deux-Montagnes, Quebec.Ryan Remiorz/The Canadian Press
A man pushes a canoe through floodwaters in Gatineau, Que.Adrian Wyld/The Canadian Press
Canadian soldiers inspect a flooded residential area in Gatineau, Quebec.Chris Wattie/Reuters
A pedestrian walks across the Chaudiere bridge over a raging Ottawa River.Adrian Wyld/The Canadian Press
Marcel Theriault stands inside his flooded home in Gatineau.Chris Wattie/Reuters
Canadian soldiers place sandbags outside a home in a flooded neighbourhood in Pierrefonds, Quebec.Christinne Muschi/Reuters
Pam Komm, 81, is helped by her daughter Sandra and son Wayne as they rescue her from her flooded home in Quyon, Que.Sean Kilpatrick/The Canadian Press
The green along the St. John River in Fredericton, N.B. is partially covered by water as the St. John River is above flood levels.Stephen MacGillivray/The Canadian Press
Martin Gervais pumps water at a Rockland, Ont. home as Ottawa River levels and heavy rains continue to cause flooding.Justin Tang/The Canadian Press
Volunteers in boats work to get sandbags to homes on Voisine Road in Rockland, Ont.Justin Tang/The Canadian Press
Members of a family are evacuated from their home in the Montreal borough of Pierrefonds.Graham Hughes/The Canadian Press
An Ottawa Firefighter crosses a makeshift bridge to help residents who remained in their homes in the Ottawa neighbourhood of Cumberland.Justin Tang/The Canadian Press
Guy Desrosier, left, works to sandbag his home with the help of Chris Giles on the shore of the Ottawa River in Luskville, Que.Sean Kilpatrick/The Canadian Press
A homeowner drives his ATV down a flooded Chemin Belisle on the shore of the Ottawa River in Luskville, Que.Sean Kilpatrick/The Canadian Press