Michael Steven Bublé was born in Burnaby, British Columbia, Canada on September 9, 1975 to Lewis Bublé (originally "Buble"), a fisherman from Trogir of Croatian ethnicity, and Amber (née Santaga). Bublé's grandparents were originally from Istria. Bublé has stated: "the side of the family native of modern-day Croatia some say we're Yugoslavian, others that we're Italian." He has two younger sisters, Brandee, a children's book author, and Crystal, an actress. He and his siblings were raised Roman Catholic. He attended Seaforth Elementary School and Cariboo Hill Secondary School.