--- title: Justin Trudeau Holds Panda Cubs at Toronto Zoo: Photo description: Justin Trudeau the Prime Minister of Canada with the newly named Toronto Zoo panda cubs. canonical: https://time.com/4249860/toronto-zoo-justin-trudeau-panda-cubs-names/ author: Olivia B. Waxman article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2016-03-07T19:52:23.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T07:30:45.959Z og:title: See Justin Trudeau Cuddle With Panda Cubs at the Toronto Zoo og:description: Panda diplomacy at its finest og:url: https://time.com/4249860/toronto-zoo-justin-trudeau-panda-cubs-names/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: TIME og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: See Justin Trudeau Cuddle With Panda Cubs at the Toronto Zoo twitter:description: Panda diplomacy at its finest twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- # See Justin Trudeau Cuddle With Panda Cubs at the Toronto Zoo  by [Olivia B. Waxman](https://time.com/author/olivia-b-waxman/)  ## Olivia B. Waxman Staff Writer Mar 7, 2016 7:52 PM UTC  by [Olivia B. Waxman](https://time.com/author/olivia-b-waxman/)  ## Olivia B. Waxman Staff Writer Mar 7, 2016 7:52 PM UTC The first giant panda cubs born in Canada were given names on Monday. The male will be called Jia Panpan, which means “Canadian hope”, while the female will be called Jia Yueyue, which means “Canadian joy.” The giant panda Er Shun [gave birth to the twins](http://time.com/4071889/toronto-zoo-panda-cubs/) on October 13, 2015. Justin Trudeau, Canada’s prime minister, was there to help reveal the new names and cuddle with the pandas, rubbing it in for all of the people who will have to wait about another week to see them (March 12, to be exact). > [](https://twitter.com/TheTorontoZoo/status/706869443477942272) > [](https://twitter.com/JustinTrudeau/status/706876218692472832) ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4249860/toronto-zoo-justin-trudeau-panda-cubs-names/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4249860/toronto-zoo-justin-trudeau-panda-cubs-names/"},"headline":"See Justin Trudeau Cuddle With Panda Cubs at the Toronto Zoo","datePublished":"2016-03-07T19:52:23.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:30:45.959Z","description":"Panda diplomacy at its finest","url":"https://time.com/4249860/toronto-zoo-justin-trudeau-panda-cubs-names/","keywords":["Newsfeed","animals"],"thumbnailUrl":"","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Olivia B. Waxman","jobTitle":"Staff Writer","url":"https://time.com/author/olivia-b-waxman/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[],"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/4249860/toronto-zoo-justin-trudeau-panda-cubs-names/","name":"See Justin Trudeau Cuddle With Panda Cubs at the Toronto Zoo"}}]}] ```