Avril Lavigne announces birth of first child

Canadian pop-punk singer Avril Lavigne announced Friday that she has given birth to her first child, a baby girl, in an Instagram post that sent her name to the top of Google’s trending searches in Canada.

“Our Mini F–king Princess has arrived,” the 42-year-old musician wrote, according to CBC News. The post included photos of her and her partner holding the newborn’s hand, and of three pairs of checkered Vans lined up on a skateboard.

Lavigne has not revealed the baby’s name, the child’s date of birth or the identity of her partner. CBC News reported that the singer is not publicly linked to anyone at the moment. Her representative told ABC News she has been enjoying time with her family while working on a new album.

The announcement came as a surprise to fans. Lavigne had not posted to her main Instagram grid in more than a year, and fans flooded the replies of an earlier post to react because comments were turned off on the baby announcement.

Lavigne, who grew up in Napanee, Ont., was previously married to Sum 41 frontman Deryck Whibley from 2006 to 2010 and to Nickelback’s Chad Kroeger from 2013 to 2015, CBC News reported. She was also once engaged to American rapper Mod Sun.

Her most recent studio album, Love Sux, was released in 2022. In 2024 she put out a career-spanning greatest hits album with 20 songs from her seven studio albums, including Complicated, Girlfriend and Head Above Water.

Lavigne has not toured in 2026. Her 69-show Greatest Hits Tour began in Vancouver in 2024 and included 13 Canadian stops, ending at the All Your Friends Festival in Oro-Medonte, Ont., in June 2025, according to CBC News.

Lavigne was among the artists named to the Order of Canada in June 2024, as we reported at the time.

Search interest in her name rose sharply in Canada within hours of the post, with more than 20,000 searches on Google Trends Canada, including queries about the baby and her partner.

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Source: CBC News, Billboard.