Simple Divorce Papers

The only limiting criteria on filing for divorce in Canada is that you, or your spouse, live here now and have lived here for at least the past 12 months. By “here” I mean whatever province or territory you live in now. If you have moved from one province to another 6 months ago, you will have to wait 6 more months before you can file your divorce papers. But notice that it doesn’t matter which spouse meets the residency requirement. For example, if you live in the USA now but your spouse has lived in Ontario for the past year, then either of you can apply for divorce in Ontario.

To be precise “live here” really means being “ordinarily resident” so if you are staying in another province or country for several months but you still maintain your permanent residence in a province or territory, you are still ordinarily resident in that province or territory.

Also notice that it does not matter at all where you were married or even what your citizenship of immigration status is. Those things have nothing to do with whether you can file for divorce here.

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