A nurse from Elmira, Ont. died in the earthquake that devastated Haiti on Tuesday.

Lou Geense, the director of global initiatives with the Emmanuel Missionary Church of Canada, said Yvonne Martin was one of seven people who arrived in Haiti's capital city, Port-au-Prince on Tuesday afternoon.

The group arrived about 90 minutes before the earthquake hit. They had just settled into a guest house when the ground began to tremble and the shelter collapsed.

Martin, who was on her fourth trip to Haiti, was the only one of her group to not survive. Her body was discovered Wednesday afternoon.

Geense said the group was working in Haiti to set up five or six mobile clinics in poor rural areas.

Most of the nurses are said to be from Southern Ontario's Elmira region. One nurse is from Barrie, Ont.

"We are deeply saddened by this loss, and wish to express our sincere sympathy to her family," Evangelical Church of Canada president Phil Delsaut said in a statement.

"We also extend our sympathy to the families of other foreign relief workers injured or missing and to the people of Haiti affected by this disaster."

As of early Tuesday evening, two RCMP officers on assignment in Haiti were still missing. They are part of a group of 80 Canadian police working under the UN to mentor local police.

GTA paramedic okay

A Halton-region paramedic currently living in earthquake-stricken Haiti with his family is safe and helping the wounded, according to his wife.

Sandy Rumford told ctvtoronto.ca via email that her husband Grant immediately rushed to the clinic in the compound where they are living after the 7.0 temblor hit the region.

"There were injured people streaming through the gates within minutes from nearby villages," she said. "There are still people streaming in as we speak and Grant has not left the clinic."

He is using the ambulance that was donated by Halton region, she said.

The Rumford family, which includes four children, is working with Mission of Hope on a project about 45 minutes northeast of Port au Prince, the city that suffered the brunt of the damage.

"We were in our home when the earthquake happened," said Rumford. "We live on the second floor of a large concrete building. We all got out safely and waited out two fairly large aftershocks sitting on the ground in our yard."

She said she's confident that the building they are staying in is structurally sound, even though it is littered with broken glass and debris. Nonetheless, the family is taking extra precautions.

"The kids are still nervous, there have been lots of aftershock," she said in her email. "We slept on the ground in tents last night (those of us that slept) and far away from any buildings just in case."

The Rumford family is one of the lucky few to have a working Internet connection to keep in touch with their loved ones. Sandy Rumford said they are operating on a backup generator.

Worried Torontonians

The estimated 2,100 Torontonians of Haitian origin who have relatives living in Haiti say they are growing increasingly frustrated and concerned with their inability to contact their family.

Antoine Desroses, who lives in east-end Toronto, said he can't think about anything but his siblings and cousins, all who live in Carrefour, Haiti - the epicenter of the quake.

He's heard from his sister who is safe but still hasn't heard from his brother and extended family.

"I'm worried about them," he told CTV Toronto. "I was trying all of last night. I've been calling but the lines are down."

Later Wednesday, he got bad news from a relative in Miami -- one of his Haitian relatives died in the earthquake.

"Somebody passed away. That person was at the hospital when the hospital collapsed," he said after taking the call.

However, in a subsequent phone call, he learned his sister and her family are okay even though their home had collapsed.

He's now waiting for news about his brother, who worked downtown for a bank in an area known to be heavily damaged.

Desroses, who moved to Toronto from Haiti 20 years ago, said the images he's seeing on the news has left him speechless.

"This is chaos. Indescribable. You can't find the words to explain," he said. "Even in the best circumstances, life is terrible in Haiti, you can't imagine."

With reports from CTV Toronto's Austin Delaney and Tom Hayes and files from The Canadian Press