Residency requirements in Ontario

To file your divorce forms in Ontario, either you or your spouse must currently be a resident and have been so for at least 12 consecutive months. If this isn’t the case, you will need to wait until at least one of you has lived in Ontario for at least a full year. There is one exception—if the marriage was performed in Ontario and your province does not recognize your marriage as valid (i.e., same-sex marriage), you may be divorced in Ontario without being a resident.