A timeline of the Trudeaus' personal and political moments
CBC
After an 18-year marriage, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and Sophie Grégoire Trudeau announced Wednesday they have decided to separate.
"Sophie and I would like to share the fact that after many meaningful and difficult conversations, we have made the decision to separate," Trudeau and Grégoire Trudeau wrote in identical messages posted to their Instagram accounts.
Here is a short timeline of some of their biggest personal and political moments together.
Trudeau and Grégoire Trudeau began dating in 2003, says the prime minister in his autobiography Common Ground. Grégoire Trudeau was a former schoolmate of Trudeau's late brother, Michel.
The two became engaged in 2004 and married a year later at Montreal's Sainte-Madeleine d'Outremont church.
Grégoire Trudeau, a former television presenter, has been a prominent presence at Trudeau's side since the beginning of his political career.
In 2007, Trudeau decided to seek the Liberal Party nomination in the Montreal riding of Papineau. He went on to win his seat in the 2008 and 2011 federal elections.
The two were together at the 2012 charity boxing match between Trudeau and then-Conservative Senator Patrick Brazeau.
Trudeau began to consider seeking the Liberal leadership after his wins as an MP. The decision, he wrote in his autobiography, would ultimately come down to "a deeply personal private discussion between Sophie and me."
Trudeau won the federal Liberal leadership in 2013. The two celebrated in Ottawa with their children Xavier and Ella-Grace.
Grégoire Trudeau has become a public figure in her own right throughout Trudeau's time in politics. She is an advocate for several charitable and social causes, including mental health and gender equality.
In 2015, Trudeau was elected prime minister for the first time. The two celebrated his election victory at the Liberal election headquarters in Montreal.
Shortly after his election victory, Trudeau and Grégoire Trudeau made headlines by appearing in Vogue Magazine.
"We're more partners than my mother and father were ever able to be," said Trudeau, in the article.
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