Martin Perreault was born in Montreal, Canada, March 25th. 1972. He spent his early childhood in eastern Quebec in a small city called Sept-Îles. At age 6, the Principal had Martin skip grade 2 in elementary school due to his fast learning skills. At the age of 7, his parents divorced. In 1982, age 10, Martin moved to Ottawa with his mother and younger brother. The same year, the school recommended he would skip grade 7 due to a different academic program from the province of Ontario and his previous province of Quebec. As a teenager from age 12 to 17, he studied Fine Arts at “De La Salle High-School” for five years. This is where he would explore photography, sculpture, painting, engraving, and acting. After three years of being at De La Salle high school, Martin’s mother and brother moved to Montreal city. Martin decided to stay in Ottawa to finish his high-school degree, during which time he lived in a foster family.