With almost 6,000 residents, Oka, Que., is a tight-knit municipality. With an average age of 55, it’s not a young community.
So far, the bucolic town west of Montreal has shielded itself from the coronavirus crisis, with no reported cases. Mayor Pascal Quevillon, though, worries that could change quickly. “The worry we have is that tourists are still coming here.
They are coming from Ontario, Montreal, Laval,” Quevillon said. “We have no control over the traffic.” He and the mayor of neighbouring Ste.
Placide have written to the provincial government asking for the installation of police checkpoints at the borders of their towns, limiting non-essential travel.