Police are investigating the deaths of a man and a child whose bodies were found in a hotel room in the Montreal suburb of Brossard on Sunday.

A member of the cleaning staff at the Best Western hotel on the city's south shore called authorities after finding the bodies just before 1 p.m. ET, police said.

"After that, she closed the door and called 911," said Longueuil police spokesman Gaetan Durocher.

When officers arrived, they found the body of a man on the floor near the body of a young girl aged between five and 10, Durocher said.

The deaths were later confirmed at a nearby hospital. Autopsies will be conducted soon.