About

Connor Andrew McDavid was born on January 13, 1997, in Richmond Hill, Ontario, and grew up in nearby Newmarket. He began skating at age three and was enrolled in organized hockey the following year. His parents, Brian and Kelly McDavid, told the local hockey association their four-year-old was five, the minimum age to register.

Brian McDavid, a lifelong Boston Bruins fan who played high school hockey, coached Connor's minor hockey teams. When the Newmarket hockey association refused to let six-year-old Connor play above his age group, Brian and Kelly enrolled him in a program in Aurora where he competed against nine-year-olds. His older brother Cameron played junior hockey with the Newmarket Hurricanes before retiring and is now VP at DW Healthcare Partners.

Growing up, Connor was a Toronto Maple Leafs fan whose favorite player was Sidney Crosby. He attended PEAC in Toronto and later McDowell High School in Erie, Pennsylvania while playing for the OHL's Erie Otters.

McDavid married Lauren Kyle on July 27, 2024, on Old Woman Island, a private 16-acre island on Lake Muskoka. Lauren is the founder of Kyle & Co. Design Studio. They met in 2016, went Instagram-official on July 4 that year, and were engaged on June 22, 2023 at their Muskoka cottage. Leon Draisaitl served as one of the best men. Their first dance was to “Only Love” by Ben Howard. The wedding was featured in Vogue Australia. Lauren designed the couple's Laurier Heights home, featured in Architectural Digest in November 2021.

The couple's miniature Bernedoodle, Lenard (“Lenny”), was adopted in August 2019. He has his own Instagram (~24,000 followers), walked down the aisle at the wedding, and appeared at the on-ice ceremony for McDavid's 1,000th career point.

$85,000 donated to Canadian Tire Jumpstart Charities' “Sports for a Platform for Resiliency,” supporting Indigenous children in Edmonton overcoming financial barriers to sports. McDavid is a Jumpstart brand ambassador.

His deepest charitable connection is the Ben Stelter Fund — named for a six-year-old Oilers superfan who befriended McDavid while battling glioblastoma. McDavid pledged $100,000 to the foundation, promotes its annual school fundraiser (which raised $74,000 in 2025 across 10 schools), and visits the winning school each year.

Through the Ronald McDonald House shuttle program in Edmonton, McDavid helped donate two minivans (via Go Auto) for transporting sick children and their families — surprising two families by emerging from the backseat. He also supports Hockey Fights Cancer, Stollery Children's Hospital, and the Zebra Child Protection Centre.