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Bublé was born in the city of Burnaby, British Columbia in Canada to Lewis Bublé, a salmon fisherman, and his wife Amber Bublé.[5] He is the only son and eldest of 3 children[6] with two younger sisters, Crystal (an actress) and Brandee.[7][8] For his education, he attended Seaforth Elementary School and Cariboo Hill Secondary School.[1][9][10] The first time that his family noticed his singing talent was at Christmas time when Michael was 13 years old and they heard him singing "White Christmas."[11]

His first singing engagements were in nightclubs at the age of 16 and were facilitated by his Italian grandfather,[1] who was a plumber coming from the county of Preganziol, about 40 kilometres from Padua, Italy, offering plumbing services in exchange for stage time for his grandson.[6] His Italian grandfather also paid for his singing lessons. One of his vocal instructors was Joseph Shore, the opera baritone.[11] His paternal grandfather never stopped believing that he would become a star. Bublé's grandmother was also Italian from Abruzzo, Italy.