Genevieve Beaulieu and Logan Allen are shown with their baby Arthur who was born at midnight on Jan. 1, 2021 at the Maisonneuve-Rosemont hospital in Montreal.HO/The Canadian Press
A baby born in a Montreal hospital may have been the first Canadian newborn of 2021.
The Maisonneuve-Rosemont hospital said Friday that a boy named Arthur was born precisely at midnight.
The infant, weighing in at seven pounds and four ounces, is the first child for parents Genevieve Beaulieu and Logan Allen.
Less than a minute later, another New Year’s baby arrived in Toronto.
The Humber River Hospital said in a post on Twitter that parents Bich Phuy and Patrick welcomed baby Thomas 48 seconds after midnight.
The hospital says the whole family is happy and healthy.
Baby Arthur had close competition for first newborn of the year.
The Markham Stouffville Hospital, northeast of Toronto, said Abygail Gosselin was born at 12:00:59, while Lara Michelle Adaszkiewicz was born at 12:01 and 10 seconds to Aleksandra Modelewska and Martin Adaszkiewicz at the McGill University Health Centre, also in Montreal.
The Montfort hospital in Ottawa reported the region’s first baby of 2021 arrived at nine minutes after midnight. Harlow Winter Margaret Bianco is the fifth child for parents Brandy McCann and Bruce Bianco.
The British Columbia provincial government said the first baby born in the province in 2021 was born at the Women’s Hospital in Vancouver at 12:21 a.m.
This story was produced with the financial assistance of the Facebook and Canadian Press News Fellowship.
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