One year to the day after police issued a missing persons notice, a West Island man has made contact with his family.

47-year-old Patrick Jones went missing on August 15, 2014, when he left his Pierrefonds home and told his mother he would return later that evening.

The next day he called to say he would be away for several more days.

Several weeks later police sent out a missing persons notice and asked the public for help in locating Jones.

Nothing was heard from him until now, when police say he has made contact with his family, has come home and is in good health.