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A person places a poppy on the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier after the Remembrance Day service at the National War Memorial in Ottawa, on Wednesday.Keito Newman/The Canadian Press

Quebec provincial police say one person is dead after a plane crashed south of Quebec City at around 11 a.m.

Premier Paul St-Pierre Plamondon says the plane had been expected to take part in a Remembrance Day ceremony.

Police say there was only one person aboard the aircraft and they were declared dead at the scene.

Spokesperson Frédéric Deshaies said the crash happened near St-Georges-de-Beauce, in the Chaudière-Appalaches region south of the provincial capital.

The premier identifies the victim as the pilot.

St-Pierre Plamondon says he is working with the province’s domestic security minister to gather more information on the crash.