Justin Trudeau and Sophie Gregoire Trudeau announce separation
Prime MinisterJustin Trudeau and his wife are separating.
Trudeau, 51, announced Wednesday that he and Sophie Grégoire Trudeau, 48, who have been married for 18 years, have decided to split up.
“Sophie and I would like to share that after many meaningful and difficult conversations, we have made the decision to separate,” Trudeau wrote in a short statement.
“As always, we remain a close family with deep love and respect for each other and for everything we have built and will continue to build.”
The Prime Minister’s Office released a statement saying the two have signed a “legal separation agreement” and “have worked to ensure that all legal and ethical steps with regards to their decision to separate have been taken, and will continue to do so moving forward.”
“They remain a close family and Sophie and the Prime Minister are focused on raising their kids in a safe, loving and collaborative environment,” the statement read.
“Both parents will be a constant presence in their children’s lives and Canadians can expect to often see the family together.”
The statement added that the family will vacation together beginning next week.
“For the well-being of the family, we ask that you respect their privacy.”
Grégoire Trudeau, a former television reporter, married Trudeau in 2005. They have three children.
They initially lived in Montreal, where their son Xavier, 15, and daughter Ella-Grace, 14, were born. They moved to Ottawa as a family in 2010, two years after he was elected MP for Papineau in Montreal.
Their nine-year-old son Hadrien was born in Ottawa.
Speaking to Maclean’s magazine in 2005, Trudeau said that he and Grégoire Trudeau began dating after they co-hosted the Mercedes-Benz Grand Prix ball, a fundraiser for a
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