Hospitals in Toronto and the Greater Toronto Area (GTA) are celebrating the arrival of the first babies of 2026.
In a heartwarming start to the new year, James entered the world at Cortellucci Vaughan Hospital, weighing seven pounds and eight ounces, just 52 seconds after midnight.
Meanwhile, at Brampton Civic Hospital, a baby boy weighing six pounds and 12.82 ounces was welcomed right at the stroke of midnight.
Over in Etobicoke, Manveer Sidhu and Dharminder Singh Swagh from Brampton joyfully greeted their baby boy at 12:28 a.m.
At North York General Hospital, Vivian Omeziri and Nelson Omeziri were overjoyed to meet their baby girl, Olana Alora, born exactly at midnight.