--- title: Young Justin Trudeau Photos Internet Reactions description: Photos of Canadian Prime minister and confirmed political heartthrob Justin Trudeau in his youth are charming the Internet. canonical: https://time.com/4687015/young-justin-trudeau/ author: Cady Lang article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2017-03-01T16:35:00.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T07:41:31.195Z og:title: Photos of a Young Justin Trudeau Are Charming the Internet og:description: Swoon og:url: https://time.com/4687015/young-justin-trudeau/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt004eda7edc3c11a5/6988bc887cdbac25e1d5750f/justin-trudeau-look-alike.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 2000 og:image:height: 1125 og:image:alt: GERMANY-CANADA-POLITICS-DIPLOMACY og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Photos of a Young Justin Trudeau Are Charming the Internet twitter:description: Swoon twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt004eda7edc3c11a5/6988bc887cdbac25e1d5750f/justin-trudeau-look-alike.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # These Photos of Young Justin Trudeau Are Breaking Hearts All Over the Internet > Sponsored content. 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Every edition is assembled by TIME editors rather than generated automatically.  by [Cady Lang](https://time.com/author/cady-lang/)  ## Cady Lang Mar 1, 2017 4:35 PM UTC  Canadian prime minister Justin Trudeau attends a joint press conference with the German Chancellor on February 17, 2017 in Berlin. / AFP / dpa / Kay Nietfeld / Germany OUT (Photo credit should read KAY NIETFELD/AFP/Getty Images) Canadian prime minister Justin Trudeau attends a joint press conference with the German Chancellor on February 17, 2017 in Berlin. / AFP / dpa / Kay Nietfeld / Germany OUT (Photo credit should read KAY NIETFELD/AFP/Getty Images) KAY NIETFELD—AFP/Getty Images  by [Cady Lang](https://time.com/author/cady-lang/)  ## Cady Lang Mar 1, 2017 4:35 PM UTC Justin Trudeau, [noted feminist](http://motto.time.com/4505692/justin-trudeau-un-speech-feminism/), [confirmed heartthrob](http://time.com/4314849/prince-harry-justin-trudeau-met/) and Canadian Prime Minister, has long been acknowledged as one of the world’s most charming political leaders — just ask [Ivanka Trump](http://time.com/4674485/angela-merkel-justin-trudeau-memes/). However, it looks like Trudeau was breaking hearts even before he took office. Photos of a young Trudeau have surfaced online, subsequently revealing unprecedented levels of thirst for the prime minister across the Internet. Unlike the chaste photos that have been discovered of [young Tim Kaine](http://motto.time.com/4428256/tim-kaine-dad-embarrassing/) and [young Joe Biden](https://twitter.com/oliviaw101/status/796924650555109376?ref%5Fsrc=twsrc%5Etfw), the photos of young Trudeau are scruffier, more rugged, and in some instances, shirtless — in other words, young Trudeau is basically the lumbersexual of your dreams. As would be expected, the Internet lost any semblance of chill once the pictures surfaced. Oh, Canada, indeed! > [](https://twitter.com/SarahLeckwatch/status/836710812857348096) > [](https://twitter.com/PhuckYou%5F/status/833895309851779072) > [](https://twitter.com/katie%5F3148/status/835683413512306688) > [](https://twitter.com/logicalpunk/status/835932169327398912) > [](https://twitter.com/kacy%5Fmuthiora/status/836995408127803397) > [](https://twitter.com/evanrosskatz/status/836655758070571009) > [](https://twitter.com/hongdavey/status/836986003529269249) Others were split between their love for young Trudeau and young Biden. > [](https://twitter.com/campbell%5Ft7/status/836743609512669184) > [](https://twitter.com/katieelynch%5Fx/status/836999017099902979) ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4687015/young-justin-trudeau/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4687015/young-justin-trudeau/"},"headline":"These Photos of Young Justin Trudeau Are Breaking Hearts All Over the Internet","datePublished":"2017-03-01T16:35:00.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:41:31.195Z","description":"Swoon","url":"https://time.com/4687015/young-justin-trudeau/","keywords":["Newsfeed","Entertainment","politics","Internet","viral","Culture","Justin Trudeau"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt004eda7edc3c11a5/6988bc887cdbac25e1d5750f/justin-trudeau-look-alike.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Cady Lang","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/cady-lang/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt004eda7edc3c11a5/6988bc887cdbac25e1d5750f/justin-trudeau-look-alike.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"GERMANY-CANADA-POLITICS-DIPLOMACY","caption":"GERMANY-CANADA-POLITICS-DIPLOMACY","creditText":"KAY NIETFELD—AFP/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":"/tag/time-section-newsfeed/","name":"Newsfeed"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4687015/young-justin-trudeau/","name":"These Photos of Young Justin Trudeau Are Breaking Hearts All Over the Internet"}}]}] ```