Halifax RCMP say a five-year-old boy in the Musquodoboit Valley area who was reported missing this morning has been found.

Police said the boy was last seen at 7:50 a.m. in the rural community of Elderbank, about 65 kilometres northeast of Halifax.

An emergency alert was issued around 9:20 a.m. asking people to check their yards.

He was found by 10 a.m., police said.