An autopsy is to be conducted early this afternoon on the body of an eight-year-old Markham student.
An investigation into the death of the student is now in the hands of the coroner's office.
York Regional Police have stated that the circumstances surrounding the boy's death are "not criminal in nature."
Police were called to John McCrae P.S. in the Major Mackenzie Drive and McCowan Road area, yesterday afternoon.
The boy was rushed to Markham Stouffville Hospital where he was pronounced dead.
His name has not been made public.
- ER