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In Toronto alone Monday night, 11 people were taken to hospital with signs of carbon monoxide poisoning and two people died in the town of Newcastle, east of Toronto, after trying to keep warm with a gas generator in the garage.

A 52-year-old man and his 72-year-old mother were rushed to Lakeridge Health Bowmanville but did not survive. Their names have not been released.

Police in Quebec say carbon monoxide poisoning is believed to be the cause of three deaths in a chalet on the province’s North Shore.

Authorities found two men and a woman on Monday afternoon after being alerted by a worried neighbour. Their names have not been released.

A heating system was found in the chalet and provincial police spokesman Richard Gagne says it is “highly possible” that a gas leak led to the deaths.

Toronto Mayor Rob Ford says there were about six times as many calls about carbon monoxide Monday as the city gets in a usual day — 110 calls compared to about 20.

Ford says the city is making progress bringing power back to residents. As of mid-day Tuesday, 90,000 customers were left awaiting hydro, down from 300,000 people at the height of the outages that began on the weekend.

Toronto Hydro says 70% of those who experienced an outage have seen power restored

He says additional help has arrived from Ottawa and Windsor and about 50 crews worked overnight to bring residents back on line, adding they are aiming to restore all power by Thursday or Friday.