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Admittedly, my knowledge of electrical is spotty at best so I'm reaching out to see if anyone has any advice for me...  
Sometime overnight I'm assuming one of my breakers blew. I went to the fuse box and flipped it but the switch won't stick in the on position, it just keeps reverting to off.  
Help me get my bathroom light back, it's surprisingly difficult to shower in the dark!

It sounds as if you have a dead short somewhere in that circuit. Please don't try the breaker any more. You run the risk of starting a fire. Some body will be able to help you with the short soon I bet. Good luck.

It is unlikely that your bathroom light is the only thing on that breaker.  
More detail is needed. What sort of fitting is the light, ceiling/wall mount, single bulb/multiple? Is the bathroom fan tied to the light circuit?  
Have you tried changing the bulb(s)?  
Check for what else is not working and if unable to find a cause call the electricians.

It's the bathroom and entrance lights, also plug ins in the bathroom (fan as well, it has a separate switch), 2 in the hallway, one at the entrance.

If you want to try and trace problem yourself work systematically with the breaker off (important bit as you know) remove covers one at a time and check that nothing is burnt out or not connected properly within the fittings.  
Quite often you can smell a burnt wire before you see anything. If any of the sockets have reset buttons (they should in a damp environment be GFI's) try them as well.  
If the entrance light is outside the home I would start there, check that the bulbs actually work, use a table lamp in a socket you know works.  
If you still cannot see a problem call the electricians as it could be a faulty breaker or a problem in the main box.

Did you put the breaker to the off position prior to trying to reset it?  
As the breaker has tripped (reason unknown at this time) it needs to be put to the off position in order for the internals to reset.. Hope that helps.

As mentioned, make sure you flip it to the off position first and then back on. If that still doesn’t work, then ask yourself if you are really comfortable diagnosing your own electrical.  
It isn’t difficult, IF you know what you are doing. I’ve never heard of a plumber who drowned on the job...

Tried a couple of your suggestions but I'm just not comfortable enough playing with electricity to get too in depth, too much Louie the Lightning Bug as a youngster I guess so I'm going to just hire a real man to do the job lol. Thank you for your help, much appreciated.

If you have flipped the breaker fully to OFF and it still doesn't want to flip back to ON, chances are you have a fried breaker. Breakers do wear out.  
I had one die this past December. Lucky for me, my dad was visiting from BC and fixed it for me. The fix involves actually messing with the panel box. So yes, I would definitely call an electrician. But be infront of your panel box when you do, because they will probably have questions about the make of the panel box and stuff. That way, if they have enough info, they may be able to make sure they have the right parts on hand to do the switch.  
Changing the breaker actually doesn't take much time, but the person does need to know how to do it safely.  
And it only takes one guy. So if there is a second guy (usually an apprentice) make sure you know in advance because they will usually charge you labour of two guys. I can assure you it take 1 person about 5 minutes if they have the right replacement breaker and the knowledge.  
Yes they will charge you the base labour rate (typically 1 hr labour is minimum for most specialty services). Plus the part. My replacement breaker was $76 from Home Depot. The cost of a breaker can widely vary based on what kind of panel box you have. Mine just happens to be on the pricey side because that is what the house came with.

It could be anything on the circuit. Perhaps the razor transformer plug if it’s an older house.

Stop giving this poster advice about an electrical problem. The OP has already said that they are "uncomfortable...playing with electricity". and that should be the last post in this tread. Telling them it's a weak breaker is irresponsible and if they flip it on and off a couple of times just to check, it my burn their house down. Telling them it could be the shaver plug is also not good advice. Maybe it's not on the dead circuit and if they take a screw driver to it, they could end up with a shock or even worst.  
 
To the OP:  
 
Please, please, please call someone. Call Current Electric (204)720-2530 or current_electric@hotmail.com or maybe All Point Electric. It maybe a very simple problem that can be fixed fast and inexpensively.

Like many have said, flip the breaker all the way off then on again. They often don’t trip all the way to the off position. If it doesn’t stay after that call an electrician. Could be as simple as the breaker is toast and needs to be replaced . They are cheap. If it isn’t the breaker then they have to troubleshoot the wiring and things attached to it. Labour costs for that

Being a bathroom breaker is if a GFCI breaker by chance? I’d lean towards a bad breaker if that’s the case. Best thing to do is find everything that’s on that circuit and check if there’s a short somewhere, it could also just be a bad regular breaker even if it’s not gfci as well, but if it is gfci that would be my best guess without actually inspecting it.

if he got this resolved?

Did you solve the problem or are you waiting on the electrician?

not saying!

From the advice here and from a couple friends I just called an electrician, problem is resolved. Long story short, hopefully whoever wired this place had a good day job because they had no future as an electrician.  
 
Here's a tip for anyone building a house...there's a reason you hire a qualified professional for certain jobs. You're putting yourself and the next family(ies) at risk to save a couple hundred bucks.  
 
Thanks for the help everyone.

I'm glad you were able to get the problem resolved and not have a fire before that. Yes. Hire qualified tradespeople for these things please.

If you are building a house and choose to install the electrical yourself, you won’t being endangering your family or other families. Someone from hydro will inspect the work that you do. When I built my house the electrical was inspected a couple of times. If it is not done to code, you’ll be doing it again.

That would be assuming someone pulls a permit. Lots of people don't.  
 
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I see what you're saying now. Building a house there would definitely be permits lol. I was thinking more along the lines of people just doing DIY electrical in their homes. More often then not people aren't going to pull a permit on that type of stuff  
 
Edited by one more thing.., 2020-04-27 08:14:27