Sophie Grégoire Trudeau
Sophie Grégoire Trudeau (French: [sɔfi ɡʁeɡwɑʁ tʁydo]; born April 24, 1975), also known as Sophie Grégoire,[1][2][3][4] is a retired Canadian television host. She was married to 23rd prime minister of Canada, Justin Trudeau; the couple separated in 2023. She is involved in charity work, social work, and public speaking focused mainly on the environment, women's issues, and children's issues. She was an ambassador for the WE Charity, which fell into scandal in 2020.[5][6]
Sophie Grégoire Trudeau
Sophie Grégoire-Trudeau
Media personality
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Early life and education[edit]
Grégoire was born on April 24, 1975, in Montreal, Quebec,[7] as the only child of Jean Grégoire, a stockbroker, and Estelle Blais, a Franco-Ontarian nurse.[8][9][10] Her family lived north of the city, in Sainte-Adèle,[8] eventually relocating to Montreal when she was four years old.[11] She was raised thereafter in Montreal's Mount Royal suburb, where she was a classmate and childhood friend of Michel Trudeau, the youngest son of Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau and his wife Margaret and brother of Grégoire's future husband, Justin Trudeau.[8]
Grégoire has stated that her "childhood was a happy one", noting that she was a good student who made friends easily and loved sports and the outdoors.[11] Beginning around the age of 17, she struggled with bulimia nervosa.[11][12] The problem lasted into her early 20s, when she revealed the illness to her parents then began a two-year period of recovery. She credits therapy, the support of her loved ones, and yoga with her recovery from the illness.[12][13]
Grégoire attended high school at the private Pensionnat du Saint-Nom-de-Marie in Outremont.[14] She subsequently attended the Collège Jean-de-Brébeuf before studying commerce at McGill University, intending to follow her father's career path,[15] but soon switched to communications studies, and ultimately graduated with a Bachelor of Arts degree in communications from the Université de Montréal.[15]
