An haifi Thicke a ranar 1 ga Maris, 1947, a Kirkland Lake, Ontario, ɗan Shirley "Joan" Isobel Marie (née Greer), mai jinya, da William Jeffrey, mai siyar da kaya. Sun sake yin aure a shekara ta 1953. Mahaifiyarsa ta sake yin aure ga Brian Thicke, likita, kuma sun koma Elliot Lake. Alan Thicke ya kammala karatu daga Elliot Lake Secondary School a shekara ta 1965, kuma an zabe shi a matsayin sarki na gida. Ya ci gaba da halartar Jami'ar Western Ontario, inda ya shiga Delta Upsilon fraternity. Tambaya: A ina ne Alan Thicke ya je koleji?
Jami'ar Yammacin Ontario