Bieber was born on March 1, 1994, in London, Ontario, at St Joseph's Hospital, and was raised in Stratford, Ontario. He is the only child of Jeremy Jack Bieber and Patricia Pattie Mallette. Bieber's parents were never married.Pattie, who was underaged at the time of giving birth, raised her son with the help of her mother, Diane, and stepfather, Bruce. His mother is of French-Canadiandescent; his paternal great-grandfather was of German ancestry, and his other roots are English, Scottish and Irish.He has also claimed that he has some undetermined Aboriginal Canadian ancestry.