Samir Sammoun began painting in oils at the age of 13,[1] while continuing his formal education. After completing studies at the Ecole des Arts et Metiers in Beirut in 1969, he emigrated to Montreal, Quebec, Canada in 1973 at the age of 21.[2] There he obtained a Baccalauriat en Ingenierie (Engineering degree) in Electronics in 1977, followed by a master's degree in Telecommunications from the Ecole Polytechnique de Montreal in 1978. After becoming a citizen of Canada in 1976, it was there he met and married Yvette Charron in 1980.