--- description: As Friday marks Canada Day, here are a few lesser known facts about Justin Trudeau, the country's popular prime minister title: 5 Things You Didn't Know About Justin Trudeau image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blte8eda2cdf8485ef9/69889a5e3c1639833045de2b/justin-trudeau-canada-day.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  * [World](/section/world/) ## World Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # Celebrate Canada Day With 5 Things You Never Knew About Justin Trudeau  by [Katie Reilly](/author/katie-reilly/)  ## Katie Reilly Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Jul 1, 2016 4:06 PM CUT  Justin Trudeau, Canada's prime minister, speaks during a news conference on June 22. Justin Trudeau, Canada's prime minister, speaks during a news conference on June 22.David Kawai—Bloomberg/Getty Images  by [Katie Reilly](/author/katie-reilly/)  ## Katie Reilly Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Jul 1, 2016 4:06 PM CUT In less than a year in office, Canadian Prime Minister [Justin Trudeau](http://time.com/4302095/justin-trudeau-2016-time-100/ "undefined") has drawn global attention for his youth, celebrity appeal and [progressive policies](http://time.com/4364344/justin-trudeau-marijuana-weed-legal/ "undefined"). There’s a [lot to know](http://time.com/4253927/justin-trudeau-canada-prime-minister-white-house-visit/ "undefined") about Trudeau. But as Friday marks Canada Day, here are a few lesser known facts about the country’s popular prime minister. **Richard Nixon predicted his future**When Trudeau was just a baby—and his father Pierre the prime minister of Canada—U.S. President Richard Nixon joked at a state dinner in 1972 that the infant Trudeau would one day succeed his father. “Tonight, we’ll dispense with the formalities,” Nixon said back then, “I’d like to propose a toast to the future Prime Minister of Canada — Justin Pierre Trudeau.” **Marvel thinks he’s superhero material**He will [appear on the cover](http://time.com/4386281/justin-trudeau-marvel-comic-book/ "undefined") of a Marvel comic book this summer. Trudeau is depicted as a fighter in a boxing ring, wearing an appropriately patriotic maple leaf uniform while surrounded by the Canadian superhero team, Alpha Fight. The writer and artist who designed the issue acknowledged, “this is basically Trudeau fan fiction.” **But handshakes are apparently his kryptonite**The Canadian Prime Minister found himself in the middle of a painfully awkward [three-way handshake](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iPDM0msZwQk "undefined") with Obama and Mexican President Enrique Pena Nieto this week, when they [convened for the “Three Amigos” Summit](http://time.com/4388488/three-amigos-barack-obama-justin-trudeau-donald-trump-enrique-pena-nieto/?xid=homepage "undefined"). **Read more:** [Read the Remarks From the ‘Three Amigos’ Summit Press Conference](http://time.com/4388789/three-amigos-summit-transcript-obama-nieto-trudeau/ "undefined") **He has an edgy tattoo**Trudeau has a tattoo on his upper left bicep. “My tattoo is planet Earth inside a Haida raven,” he [tweeted](https://twitter.com/JustinTrudeau/status/179973685136998400 "undefined") in 2012\. “The globe I got when I was 23; the Robert Davidson raven for my 40th birthday.” In 1976, the Trudeau family was made an honorary member of the Haida tribe, which is indigenous to Canada’s Pacific northwest, the [BBC reported](http://www.bbc.com/news/magazine-34585178 "undefined"). **He had a brief career on the small screen** Trudeau [portrayed](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C6dR64Xavco "undefined") Canadian war hero Talbot Papineau in a CBC historical drama, [_The Great War_](http://www.cbc.ca/greatwar/ "undefined"), before he was first elected to Canadian Parliament in 2008. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4391217/justin-trudeau-canada-day-eh/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4391217/justin-trudeau-canada-day-eh/"},"headline":"Celebrate Canada Day With 5 Things You Never Knew About Justin Trudeau","datePublished":"2016-07-01T16:06:05.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-22T23:00:45.936Z","description":"Happy birthday Canada","url":"https://time.com/4391217/justin-trudeau-canada-day-eh/","keywords":["Canada","Justin Trudeau"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blte8eda2cdf8485ef9/69889a5e3c1639833045de2b/justin-trudeau-canada-day.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Katie Reilly","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/katie-reilly/"}],"articleSection":"World","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blte8eda2cdf8485ef9/69889a5e3c1639833045de2b/justin-trudeau-canada-day.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau Holds News Conference","caption":"Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau Holds News Conference","creditText":"David Kawai—Bloomberg/Getty Images","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/world/","name":"World"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4391217/justin-trudeau-canada-day-eh/","name":"Celebrate Canada Day With 5 Things You Never Knew About Justin Trudeau"}}]}] ```