Personal Life
Jeffrey Buttle was born in Smooth Rock Falls, Ontario and began skating at age two and competing at age six. He did competitive ballet to improve his skating. He also competed in ice dancing with his older sister Meghan. During his career, he lived in Barrie, Ontario and trained at the Mariposa School of Skating.
He attended École Don Bosco, a French-language elementary school. While Buttle's family is not French-Canadian, Buttle attended French language schools as a child and is bilingual in English and French. He studied chemical engineering at the University of Toronto part-time before taking time off to focus on his skating.
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