A night swim went awry on Friday night at the Pointe-des-Cascades locks in Monteregie.
Around 11 p.m., a group of five people were jumping into the canal.
Witnesses said a 22-year-old man went under the water in one of the basins and never surfaced.
Police and firefighters conducted searches on Friday night, but to no avail.
The body was pulled from the water by divers around 12:30 p.m. Saturday.
On Saturday, the SQ identified the man as Celestin Owona-Otele, a French national living in Quebec.
An SQ spokesperson said the body was found close to where it went into the water.
The area has been recognized as dangerous, and it is forbidden to swim there.
In the last two years, two men have drowned in the water near the locks.
A coroner has already recommended that security barriers be erected around the perimeter, but no projects are currently underway.
