Canadian Dad Influencers | Find the Full List Here!

Last updated on March 1st, 2022 at 10:14 am

Estimated reading time: 6 minutes

Dad Influencers. Dad Creators. DADDY BLOGGERS. Call us what you like, we’re here to change the GAME.

Let’s start with the basics—yes, Canadian dad influencers exist.

While I repeatedly say that dads overall need to do a much better job of sharing their journeys, there’s a handful of us still ferociously protective of our young, but still telling our tales without overexposing them to the dangers of the world. We create for our peers that may never see our work, understanding that we need to put in the time and energy to make sure we’re telling our stories instead of having them told for us. It’s easy to believe the hype and think we’re not bringing much to the table, but even if we’re but a mere fraction of the 4.5 million dads we have from Canadian coast to coast, we hope it’s enough to start at least changing our narrative.

But here’s the question: Do Dad stories even MATTER? Do we NEED Dad Influencers?

Here’s the reality—Mom influencers are a reckoning force, hundreds if not thousands in number here in Canada alone. They paved the way for parent influencers everywhere, successfully securing brand ambassadorships, powerful partnerships and vast social media audiences, collectively forming a blogging ecosystem unto their own where they could take their pre-existing communities and build them into something bigger. We saw everything from birth stories and breastfeeding to the tales of what happens as the kids grow up over the years. First steps. First loves. The first times they make their way out into the world.

But the more we look at these stories, the more we realise that dads can tell them too, and it’s important that more of us start doing it.

Until I got this list out, a Google Search for “Canadian” and “dads” brought up results from 2017 at best, making me feel like nobody cared about Canadian fathers. Do we ever talk about our dads? Are Canadian dad viewpoints even included in the parenting conversation? It inspired me to sit down and create something that’d at least make us a little easier to find.

Canadian Dad Influencers exist, and it’s time to tell you ALL about it.

Creating content is a precarious balance, though. There are names I’d love to include, reaching back to the days where we were still Canadian Dad Bloggers, but the Dad Life is really busy, and content creation often takes a back seat to the other priorities in our lives. That said, it’s a list that I hope to see grow, as sixty-odd fathers can’t even start to scratch the surface of what fatherhood’s all about.

Even in our group alone, you have BJ Barone and Frankie Nelson, whose Family is About Love explores what “family” looks like regardless of who’s in it. Dale Allen Berg talks about life raising children with special needs and how the complexities of his life don’t stop him from being a great husband and father alike. 2020’s had me struggling with being the Black dad of a mixed family; Joseph Tito continues his truly inspirational life as a single, gay, adoptive father of twins… no two stories are alike, and that’s what we’re really trying to drive home about fatherhood—that it’s not as simple as the world would have us think!

Why does a list of dadfluencers matter, though?

So with all this work put into the list, some people have asked why I didn’t just take all my research and sell it to PR firms as a service instead of putting it online for free.

It’s because making a quick buck’s not the point.

This list is to cultivate a presence for all of our dadfluencers across the country, making them seen in a space they’re often not represented.

Here’s what some have had to say about the list so far:

• Jerry Godinho sent a shout out my way, committing to continue being real, vulnerable, and authentic
• Christopher Sweeney wrote an appreciative post for being included on the list, too!
• One campaign manager even called it “a PR company’s dream” and said it was “laid out perfectly”!

But why “dad influencers”, though? Why don’t we focus on ALL parenting influencers?

Something I’ve gone back and forth on with my parent influencer peers of late is whether it’s even necessary to separate parenting creators into mom influencers and dad influencers anymore.

And I’m admittedly torn—while I feel that moms and dads should feel equally empowered to do anything that parenting asks of them outside of breastfeeding the world doesn’t necessarily see things that way, offering very different experiences between moms and dads as they work to understand how to parent their kids in an increasingly complex world.

So while the world still feels like a place where fathers are very secondary and there aren’t nearly enough dad stories out there to change the narrative, I’ll continue to champion my fellow dads until we figure out.

On to the dads, though—some of the BEST Canadian influencers!

But without further ado, let me introduce you to the dads who challenge expectations, making people laugh, cry and do everything in between. Though I spent some time compiling this, I won’t pretend it’s completely exhaustive—make sure to add anyone I’ve missed through the form at the bottom so we can keep showing the rest of Canada what we’ve got!

I hope you find this list useful—thanks for checking it out!

Welcome to the Top Dad Influencers in Canada (Or Rather… ALL the Dad Influencers in Canada!)

Creator Name	Brand	Location	Instagram	Facebook	Twitter	Twitter URL	YouTube	YouTube URL
Chad Montgomery						https://twitter.com/TheParentIntel
R. Justin Freeman
Michael Trawick								https://www.youtube.com/@ladysmithmike1
Casey Palmer	Casey Palmer, Canadian Dad	Toronto, ON				https://twitter.com/CaseP		https://youtube.com/caseypalmer
Dale Allen Berg	Dale Allen Berg	Kelowna, BC				https://www.twitter.com/DaleAllenBerg
James R.C. Smith	SocialDad	Vancouver, BC				https://www.twitter.com/jamesrcs		https://www.youtube.com/c/socialdad
Dai Manuel	Dai Manuel	Vancouver, BC				https://twitter.com/daimanuel
Stacey Robinsmith	A Dad in the Burbs	New Westminister, BC				https://twitter.com/adadintheburbs
Stephen Fung	Stephen Fung Dot Net	Coquitlam, BC				https://twitter.com/stephenfung		https://www.youtube.com/user/StephenFungDOTNET
Michael Kwan	Beyond the Rhetoric	Vancouver, BC				https://twitter.com/michaelkwan		https://www.youtube.com/michaelkwanbtr
Dad Things	Dad Things	Vancouver, BC						https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCf0Ny8GlAt9U9GuLYYYFRAw
Buzz Bishop	Dad Camp	Calgary, AB				https://www.twitter.com/dadcamp		https://www.youtube.com/user/DadCAMPTube
Matt Richard Beauchamp	Dashing Dad	Calgary, AB
Trent Wilkie	The UnDad	Edmonton, AB				https://twitter.com/TheUndad
Jason Thompson	The Art of Dad	Canmore, AB				https://twitter.com/artofdad/
Jamie Schmidt	A Crock of Schmidt	Calgary, AB				https://twitter.com/acrockofschmidt		https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCwi8BdueMLATq8LCjoqKIEg
Ivan Pedormo	Family Filmmaker	Calgary, AB				https://twitter.com/familyfilmmaker		https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCBkLpe2aAjKCJXEwPmOt4QQ
Chris Read	Canadian Dad	Ottawa, ON				https://twitter.com/CanadianDadBlog		https://www.youtube.com/user/CanadianDadBlog
Davindra Ramnarine	Goat Roti Chronicles	Mississauga, ON				https://www.twitter.com/1goatroti
Warren Orlans	The Urban Daddy	Toronto, ON				https://twitter.com/urbandaddyblog?lang=en
Craig Silva	Big Daddy Kreativ	Oakville, ON				https://www.twitter.com/bigdaddykreativ/		https://www.youtube.com/user/BigDaddyKreativ
Mike Armstrong	Daddy Realness	Hamilton, ON				https://twitter.com/mikedaddyreal
Kevin Wagar	Wandering Wagars	Milton, ON				https://www.twitter.com/wanderingwagars/		https://www.youtube.com/wanderingwagars/
Keith McArthur	Keith McArthur	Toronto, ON				https://twitter.com/keithmcarthur
Emme Reynolds	EverydayGirlDad	Ottawa, ON				https://twitter.com/everydaygirldad		https://www.youtube.com/everydaygirldad
Eric Novak	EnviroDad	Ajax, ON				https://www.twitter.com/Enviro_Dad/		https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCtwIi-q6m7-pd1YubzRGq7Q
Chris Farley Ratcliffe	Dad Goes Round	Ottawa, ON				https://twitter.com/dadgoesround
Ingus Wan	Dad Mode: On	Markham, ON
Aron Harris	Dad Rock Dad	Toronto, ON				https://twitter.com/dadrockdad
Andrew Moore	DanforthDad	Toronto, ON				https://www.twitter.com/DanforthDad
Joshua Murray	This Daddy Life	Toronto, ON				https://twitter.com/phjoshua
Jason Dykstra	They Call Me Dad	Cambridge, ON				https://twitter.com/jasondyk		https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC_CXOCHmA6ck-T4QLQdRi0g/
David Pierre Bacque	Life With Benjamin	Calgary, AB				https://twitter.com/life_with_ben		https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCfhhPO0yYqquuSQus3V0oNQ
Tyler Ingram	A Dad's Adventures	White Rock, BC				https://twitter.com/tyleringram
Family Is About Love	Family Is About Love	Toronto, ON				https://twitter.com/familysaboutluv
Scott Thomson	Canadian Fit Dad	Yellowknife, NWT				https://twitter.com/canadianfitdad
Clive Felice	Dads with Attitude	Milton, ON				https://twitter.com/dadwithattitude?lang=en		https://www.youtube.com/dadswithattitude
Joseph Tito	The Dad Diaries	Toronto, ON				https://twitter.com/thedaddiaries_		https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCCX9mQXBbVjn21c-kDwGtrQ
Rick Campanelli	Rick Campanelli	Burlington, ON				https://twitter.com/rickacampanelli?lang=en
Roz Weston	Roz Weston	Toronto, ON				https://twitter.com/rozweston		https://www.youtube.com/user/rozweston
Steve Bock	BockFive	La Salle, MB						https://www.youtube.com/c/BockFive/
Stewart Reynolds	Brittlestar	Stratford, ON				https://www.twitter.com/brittlestar		https://www.youtube.com/user/brittletube
Andrew Taylor	Just Dad Bloggin'	Northumberland County, ON				https://twitter.com/JustDadBloggin
Christopher Sweeney	Pop Culture	Toronto, ON				https://twitter.com/sweeneywriter?lang=en
Matthew Tully	Answer the Tullyphone	Dieppe, NB				https://twitter.com/Tullyman77
Kenny Bodanis	MenGetPregnantToo	Montreal, QUE				https://twitter.com/KennyBodanis		https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCxKl637UGr5so2GvJiZ7Y9w
Chris Murphy	Parenting to Go	Toronto, ON				https://twitter.com/vincylou		https://www.youtube.com/babyandlife
Christopher Grady	Lunarbaboon	Toronto, ON				https://twitter.com/Lunarbaboon		https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCGzsvZtiI448lvD3hlnRm5Q
Dan Gibson	The Baby Gang	Cambridge, ON				https://twitter.com/thebabygang		https://www.youtube.com/thebabygang
Rad Dads Edmonton	Rad Dads Edmonton	Edmonton, AB				https://twitter.com/RadDads_YEG		https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCABlNlZgBv9IG20bIl1R0Pg/
Mohit Rajahns	Dadspotting	Toronto, ON				https://twitter.com/dadspottingcrew
Jerry Godinho	Four Columns of a Balanced Life	Toronto, ON				https://twitter.com/godinhojerry
Nick North	Nick North	Salt Spring Island, BC				https://twitter.com/epicdanger		https://www.youtube.com/beautifulfamiliesproject
Jeremy Rupke	How to Hockey	Huntsville, ON				https://twitter.com/howtohockey		https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCDGB6MoY1PIuX5oHJSH9Cgg
Khodr Habib	The Dad Code	Windsor, ON
Jonathan Greenwald	The Longest Stride	Toronto, ON				https://twitter.com/runthesix
Ryan Hinkson	Eat Famous	Toronto, ON				https://twitter.com/ryanhinkson?lang=en
Bobby Umar	Bobby Umar	Toronto, ON				https://twitter.com/raehanbobby		https://www.youtube.com/c/BobbyUmar
Marquis Murray	The Unfit Dad	Northumberland, ON				https://www.twitter.com/Theunfitparent/		https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCcxIaKS_7D929rJUGMHoUfA
Xandrae Ramdeen	Xandrae's World	Toronto, ON				https://twitter.com/xandraesworld		https://www.youtube.com/c/THEJDHOUSE/featured
Sharrief Sims	Dadoffduty	Toronto, ON
Brad Young	Real Dads	Barrie, ON				https://twitter.com/bradrealdad
Warren Miles-Pickup & Graham Sawrey	Flawed Dad Podcast	Vancouver, BC
Jason Leung	The Rockstar Dad	Vancouver, BC
Lexy the Rap Dad	Friendly Fables	Ajax, ON						https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC1a4ViuYn-ZNx2CDP2-v63g

And of course, feel free to check out my OTHER lists!

• My growing list of Toronto content creators
• My list of Dad Influencers across North America