--- title: Justin Trudeau With Pandas Photo Becomes Butter Sculpture description: Because it's 2017 and everything is possible, there's now a butter sculpture of Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau cuddling pandas. canonical: https://time.com/4910577/justin-trudeau-panda-bears-butter-sculpture/ author: Cady Lang article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2017-08-22T16:27:11.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T07:46:39.877Z og:title: See a Butter Sculpture of Justin Trudeau Cuddling Pandas og:description: O Canada! og:url: https://time.com/4910577/justin-trudeau-panda-bears-butter-sculpture/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt1a1e44b2a70b2822/6988da9ae76ad229ee62ed42/justin-trudeau-butter-sculpture.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 2000 og:image:height: 1125 og:image:alt: The Prince Of Wales & Duchess Of Cornwall Visit Canada - Day 3 og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: See a Butter Sculpture of Justin Trudeau Cuddling Pandas twitter:description: O Canada! twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt1a1e44b2a70b2822/6988da9ae76ad229ee62ed42/justin-trudeau-butter-sculpture.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # There's Now a Butter Sculpture of Justin Trudeau Cuddling Panda Bears  by [Cady Lang](https://time.com/author/cady-lang/)  ## Cady Lang Aug 22, 2017 4:27 PM UTC  OTTAWA, ON - JULY 01: Prime Minister of Canada Justin Trudeau watches Canada Day celebrations on Parliament Hill during a 3 day official visit by the Prince of Wales & Duchess of Cornwall to Canada on July 1, 2017 in Ottawan, Canada. (Photo by Chris Jackson/Getty Images) OTTAWA, ON - JULY 01: Prime Minister of Canada Justin Trudeau watches Canada Day celebrations on Parliament Hill during a 3 day official visit by the Prince of Wales & Duchess of Cornwall to Canada on July 1, 2017 in Ottawan, Canada. (Photo by Chris Jackson/Getty Images)Chris Jackson—Getty Images  by [Cady Lang](https://time.com/author/cady-lang/)  ## Cady Lang Aug 22, 2017 4:27 PM UTC In case [universally acknowledged heartthrob](http://time.com/4687015/young-justin-trudeau/) and [Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau](http://time.com/4835033/justin-trudeau-sky-magzine-memes/) wasn’t endearing enough for his internet fans with [his high-powered political bromances ](http://time.com/4849577/justin-trudeau-emmanuel-macron-g20/), consider this fetching butter sculpture that the Canadian National Exhibition has made in the likeness of Trudeau. The sculpture is modeled after a photo shoot of the Prime Minister at the Toronto Zoo in 2016 where he cuddled two tiny panda bear cubs, something that was pretty adorable all on its own but has achieved a whole another level of twee now that it’s been memorialized in butter. Apparently, butter sculptures are an annual tradition at the CNE, according to their website. See the original photos and the butter interpretation below. > [](https://twitter.com/JustinTrudeau/status/706876218692472832) > [](https://twitter.com/mrjalexandre/status/899318909714796544) > [](https://twitter.com/DaveJayToronto/status/899290434840788992) > [](https://twitter.com/arevaloAPA/status/898949821746294786) ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4910577/justin-trudeau-panda-bears-butter-sculpture/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4910577/justin-trudeau-panda-bears-butter-sculpture/"},"headline":"There's Now a Butter Sculpture of Justin Trudeau Cuddling Panda Bears","datePublished":"2017-08-22T16:27:11.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:46:39.877Z","description":"O Canada!","url":"https://time.com/4910577/justin-trudeau-panda-bears-butter-sculpture/","keywords":["Newsfeed","viral","Bizarre","Canada","Justin Trudeau"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt1a1e44b2a70b2822/6988da9ae76ad229ee62ed42/justin-trudeau-butter-sculpture.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/blt1a1e44b2a70b2822/6988da9ae76ad229ee62ed42/justin-trudeau-butter-sculpture.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"The Prince Of Wales & Duchess Of Cornwall Visit Canada - Day 3","caption":"The Prince Of Wales & Duchess Of Cornwall Visit Canada - Day 3","creditText":"Chris Jackson—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/4910577/justin-trudeau-panda-bears-butter-sculpture/","name":"There's Now a Butter Sculpture of Justin Trudeau Cuddling Panda Bears"}}]}] ```