Bjorn Viir was born in Estonia where he spent half his youth. He emigrated to Canada in his early teens. He always exceeded in the arts like piano and drawing and won numerous prizes in both but decided to pursue neither in university, where he, instead, studied economics. He tried some office work but quickly became restless behind a desk and longed for more physical work and thre himself into trades including home renovations. After a decade or so he became restless again and realized his creative side wasn`t being challenged.