Prime Minister of Canada, Justin Trudeau and his partner Sophie Grégoire Trudeau have three children together. Amid their separation, let’s meet their kids.
Justin Trudeau is a Canadian politician serving as the 23rd and current prime minister of Canada since 2015 and leader of the Liberal Party since 2013.
In 2023, Justin joined the tall list of celebrities who are separating from their partners.
To name a few: The Bear’s Jeremy Allen White and Addison Timlin, Sofia Vergara and Joe Manganiello, and Ariana Grande and Dalton Gomez also went their separate ways. But one of the most surprising couples to hop on the breakup bandwagon is Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and his wife, Sophie Grégoire Trudeau.
The Prime Minister of Canada and his partner have been together since 2015. On Wednesday, Aug. 2, the two announced that they were separating after almost two decades of marriage, but before they split up, they took the crown as one of Canada’s cutest couples. During their marriage, the two welcomed three children together — here’s what we know about them.
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Justin Trudeau and his wife Sophie Grégoire Trudeau share three children — Xavier, Ella-Grace, and Haiden.
Justin and Sophie have been married for 18 years since May 28, 2005, in a ceremony at Montreal’s Sainte-Madeleine d’Outremont Church. They had previously engaged in October 2014. After their union, they became parents to three children; two sons and one daughter.
The names of their kids are Xavier Trudeau, Ella-Grace Trudeau, and Hadrien Trudeau.
Their first child, Xavier was born in 2007 – two years after their marriage.
Their second child, a girl, Ella, was born in 2009 – two years after her elder brother was born.
Their third and last child, a boy, Hadrien, was born in 2014.
Justin Trudeau on being a father
The prime minister opened up about being a dad in author Tessa Lloyd’s 2019 book, Forty Fathers: Men Talk About Parenting. While early in life, he thought that having kids was “the most important thing” for him, later, his perspective shifted — largely thanks to his relationship with his own parents.
“It wasn’t just about being a dad, it became about being a good dad,” he said (per Today’s Parent).
“To me, being a good dad means shaping the world around my kids in whatever way I can. I owe it to them to try to make this place that they inhabit better, safer, and more just,” he added. “This core belief, I know for sure, I inherited from my parents.”
But his parenting style isn’t the only thing Justin has in common with his parents. Much like his father, former Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau, Justin’s marital problems have been highly publicized.
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Justin Trudeau and Sophie Grégoire Trudeau announced their split in August 2023.
Trudeau first met Sophie Grégoire when they were both children growing up in Montreal; Grégoire was a classmate and childhood friend of Trudeau’s youngest brother, Michel. They reconnected as adults in June 2003, when Grégoire, by then a Quebec television personality, was assigned as Trudeau’s co-host for a charity ball; they began dating several months later.
In August 2023, Justin Trudeau and Sophie Grégoire announced their separation.
Justin is only second to his father in the history of prime ministers to separate from their wives during their term in office — emphasize on separate. As of now, Justin and Sophie have only confirmed that they’re taking some time apart. But do you think they’ll actually get a divorce?
Justin’s entry in Forty Fathers also spoke of his mom and dad’s relationship. According to the politician, he made efforts to be more “emotionally engaged” with Sophie than his father was with his mom.
“When I met her, I knew pretty quickly I had found the right woman to be the mother of my children,” he said.
Rumors suggest that Justin may have had an affair during their marriage, though, both he and Sophie denied it.