Mark Devon Burns, 47, of Toronto, passed away peacefully on March 9, 2025 at home. Mark fought a long and courageous battle with cancer.

Mark was born on May 8, 1977, to Martin Burns and Nina Burns (nee Krucnuk) in Toronto, Ontario. He attended school at Balmy Beach, Glen Ames, and Malvern. He later worked in the hospitality field, at My Apartment night club and at hotel Le Germain.

Mark met the love of his life, Christina Sabadello, on March 8, 2015 and welcomed their daughter, Nina, December that year. Mark was proud of and loved his little family deeply, excited to be a stay-at-home girl dad, which was a role he relished. He was able to impart upon Nina his epic love for model train sets, rail travel, Japanese video games, horror movies, tabletop miniature war games like Warhammer, English narrow boats, Christmas, Doctor Who, and Algonquin Park.

Mark is preceded in death by his brothers Pat and Mike (Sherri). He is survived by his siblings Sharon (Barry), Colin (Donna), Cathy (George), Bill, Paul (Elke), Nancy (Mike), Maggi, Glenn, and Damian; sisters-in-law Candice and Colleen (Nick) and brother-in-law Lucas (Patricia); uncle and great-uncle to many!

Mark, Christina, and Nina always wanted to travel together and managed to visit Prince Edward Island, Ponta Delgada, Portugal as well as enjoy Mardi Gras in New Orleans before cancer and COVID took that away.

Mark’s many friends will miss him dearly. Mark was always a great storyteller, especially concerning his father’s Rochdale days, always quick with a funny wisecrack or sidebar, and he always had a strong opinion about almost everything under the sun. He was a constant font of knowledge.

We would sincerely like to thank St. Michael’s Hospital and Dorothy Ley Hospice for the amazing care and comfort provided in Mark’s final days.

Friends and family are welcome to join for a celebration of life on Saturday, March 22, 2025 between 2 p.m. and 4 p.m. at Turner & Porter Yorke Chapel, 2357 Bloor St W., in Toronto.

In lieu of flowers, memorial donations may be made to Dorothy Ley Hospice in Etobicoke; otherwise, Mark asks all of you to be proactive about your colorectal health - if something feels wrong, act on it, even if you are told you’re too young to worry or don’t have a history of it in your family.