The city rang in Father’s Day on Sunday, with some of Toronto’s celebrities and politicians sharing snaps and tributes on social media.
Here’s how some notable Toronto dads celebrated Sunday.
“The Bear” actor Matty Matheson posted a Instagram story sporting matching red flannels with his father. Matheson’s father is also a cook who taught his son how to make people laugh, the Toronto restaurateur and cookbook author said previously.
“We love ya pops!” Matheson wrote.
Toronto fire chief Jim Jessop followed in his father’s footsteps, he noted in a social media tribute Sunday. Jessop’s father was his “hero then, and still is … I strive to be the father he was to me,” he wrote in a post on X, thanking fellow dads on duty over the weekend as well as their families.
Premier Doug Ford’s favourite job is parenting his “amazing daughters,” the provincial leader from Etobicoke said in a video posted to Instagram.
“It’s an incredible responsibility and a privilege to be a father and have the chance to shape and care for the next generation.”
Former Maple Leafs enforcer Tie Domi shared an old family snap in an Instagram story, adding in another post that “not a day goes by” without thinking of his father. Domi passed his hockey talents and Toronto ties onto his son, Max Domi, who plays as a forward for the Leafs.
Being a dad is the best part of Toronto councillor Brad Bradford’s life, he posted on social media. Bradford sent his best wishes to fellow fathers, adding that “in big ways and small ways, we’ve all been shaped by your love, experiences and advice.”
Watching his child reach milestones like taking her first steps, reaching for her father’s hand and laughing has “been the greatest gift of my life,” Toronto city councillor Nick Mantas wrote in a post on Instagram.
“I’m especially grateful to my own father and my father-in-law, whose quiet strength, guidance, and love continue to shape who I am. Their examples remind me daily of the kind of parent I hope to be.”
The Toronto Blue Jays posted a Father’s Day memory from 2010 that no fan who was at Rogers Centre that day could forget — popular shortstop John McDonald hitting a homer in his first at-bat since his dad died a few days earlier.
