Terry (Terrence Patrick) Culbert was born the 13th of May 1942 in London, Ontario. He is a fifth generation Irish-Canadian. The Culbert family immigrated to Biddulph Township from Tipperary, Ireland in 1840. At the age of eighteen, Terry left Lucan to begin a 42-year career in television news. Culbert, the father of two married daughters, lives with his life partner Barbara Högenauer in Prince Edward County, Ontario.