Touching moment grandparents in Toronto are reunited with family for first time in three years

This is the heartwarming moment grandparents were reunited with their grandkids after three years apart due to Covid restrictions.

Footage shows grandparents Johnny, 74, and Elizabeth, 68, who live in Toronto, Canada, as they are greeted unexpectedly by their grandchildren.

Parents Nate and Anju and their three children drove 16 hours (around 1,800km) from Arkansas, USA, across the border into Canada.

Both grandparents were immunocompromised, meaning they couldn't have any contact with their family for most of the pandemic. 

The footage shows grandparents Johnny, 74 (pictured), and Elizabeth, 68, who live in Toronto, Canada, as they are greeted by their grandchildren

Parents Nate and Anju and their three children drove 16 hours from Arkansas, USA, across the border into Canada. Both grandparents were immunocompromised, meaning they couldn't have any contact with their family, during most of the pandemic

The family also experienced various difficulties that included 'home displacement, job layoffs and financial hardships'. 

The border regulations between Canada and the United States also prevented them from seeing each other.

In the video one of the grandchildren waits at the door with her brother. She appears to be very excited. 

In the video one of the grandchildren waits at the door with her brother. She appears to be very excited

Two of the grandchildren wait patiently before they are reunited with their family members

Johnny opens the door with an ecstatic expression on his face. He hugs his grandchildren and expresses delight

Other family members hurry downstairs for the reunion

The family members who have been separated for all this time hug one another in the hallway

Johnny opens the door with an ecstatic expression on his face. He can be seen hugging the girl and expressing delight. 

Johnny then hugs the other children. The rest of the family hurry downstairs for the reunion. 

They all hug one another in the hallway. 

Grandmother Elizabeth looks delighted to see her grandchildren again

Johnny greets the father with a hug and a kiss. At the end of the video he looks overwhelmed with emotion

The mother says, 'another surprise' as the father enters.  

He hugs Johnny, who greets him with a kiss. 

At the end of the video Johnny looks overwhelmed by the surprise of seeing all his loved ones at once. 

The footage was captured on December 14.

From January 3, 2020 to January 6, 2023, 99,423,758 confirmed cases of Covid-19 and 1,082,265 coronavirus deaths in the USA were reported to the World Health Organization. 

As of December 16 2022, a total of 652,464,668 vaccine doses have been administered, according to the figures.