A baby born at Ridge Meadows Hospital is Fraser Health’s first baby of 2026.
The baby boy named Beckett was born at 12:53 a.m. on Thursday Jan. 1, weighing eight pounds and three ounces, to parents Breanna and Pedro.
British Columbia’s first baby arrived at 12:18 a.m. at Kelowna General Hospital weighing six pounds and eight ounces.
The B.C. Ministry of Health explained that each year the New Year’s baby symbolizes the start of the new year and represents the first of approximately 40,000 babies who are expected to be born in the province in 2026.
From Jan. 1 until Dec. 17, 2025, 41,693 babies were registered as born in B.C., said the ministry.
