Canada welcomes first batch of Syrian refugees at Toronto airport

Syrian refugees are greeted by Canada's Prime Minister Justin Trudeau (L) on their arrival from Beirut at the Toronto Pearson International Airport in Mississauga, Ontario, Canada. (Source: Reuters)

Canada welcomed 163 Syrian refugees, taking in the first of a planned 25,000 in a matter of months and promising them a better life as they flee their country's horrific war. (Source: Reuters)

The refugees arrived just weeks after Canada's newly elected Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said his country would pull its fighter jets from a US-led coalition targeting Islamic State fighters in Iraq and Syria. (Source: Reuters )

Trudeau and several members of his Liberal government were on hand to greet the Syrians as they arrived on a troop transport plane in Toronto. (Source: Reuters)

A Syrian refugee holds a child after arriving at a hotel in Mississauga, Ontario. (Source:Reuters)

Canadian Prime Minister greets Madeleine Jamkossian, second from right, and her father Kevork Jamkossian, refugees fleeing the Syria, with cold-weather clothing as they arrive at Pearson International airport (Source:The Canadian Press via AP)

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau took selfie with the Syrian refugees. (Source: AP)

Over the course of the day, good samaritans came to the airport to donate winter clothes and try to greet the Syrians who had set out from Beirut. (Source: The Canadian Press via AP)

Dozens of volunteers, interpreters and immigration officials helped the Syrians through the formalities of admission and gave them blankets, snow boots and other welcome gifts. (Source: AP)

Ontario Premier Kathleen Wynne offers a teddy bear to Madeleine Jamkossian, second from right, and her father Kevork Jamkossian, refugees fleeing from Syria (Source: The Canadian Press via AP)