North York General Hospital Welcomes First Baby of 2025

North York General Hospital (NYGH) is excited to announce the arrival of NYGH’s first baby born in 2025! Baby Harper was born at 12:05 a.m., weighing 7 lbs and 14 ounces. Proud parents Chris and Machaela joyfully welcomed their newest family member.

Baby Harper joins older brother Oliver, who was also born at NYGH.

Best wishes and congratulations to the O’Heir family!

About North York General Hospital

NYGH is an academic community hospital, affiliated with the University of Toronto, that has one of the busiest single-site birthing centres in Ontario. NYGH has also been named Canada’s number one community hospital by Newsweek Magazine, one of Greater Toronto’s Top Employers 2025 by Mediacorp Canada, and one of Canada’s best employers by Forbes among other national and international recognitions earned by NYGH physicians, nurses and health care teams for high performance and quality of care.

For more information, contact NYGH Corporate Communications and Public Affairs:  corporate.communications@nygh.on.ca.