Justin Trudeau Height, Age, Wife, Children, Family, Biography & More

Bio
Full Name	Justin Pierre James Trudeau
Profession	Politician
Political Party	Liberal Party of Canada
Political Journey	• Trudeau backed up the Liberal Party from a young age offered his support to party leader John Turner in the 1988 federal election. • In 2000, he defended Canadian federalism at a student event at the Collège Jean-de-Brébeuf, an elite high school which he attended. • In 2008, when Conservative party won the election, Justin Trudeau served as a member of official opposition. • He won the leadership election in 2013 and became the leader of Liberal Party. • In 2015 Canadian Federal Election, his party decisive victory with 184 seats and he became the 23rd Prime Minister of Canada. • He won the 2019 Canada elections but lost the majority. His party won 156 out of 338 seats that put the Liberals far short of the 170 seats needed for a second straight majority government.
Biggest Rival	Stephen Harper
Physical Stats & More
Height (approx)	in centimeters- 188 cm in meters- 1.88 m in Feet Inches- 6’ 2”
Eye Colour	Blue
Hair Colour	Brown
Personal Life
Date of Birth	25 December 1971 (Saturday)
Age (as of 2022)	51 Years
Birthplace	Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
Zodiac sign	Capricorn
Nationality	Canadian
Hometown	Ottawa, Canada
School	Collège Jean-de-Brébeuf
College	McGill University, University of British Columbia
Educational Qualification	Master degree in Environmental Geography
Family	Grandfather-Charles-Émile Trudeau Father- Pierre Trudeau (Former Prime Minister) Mother- Margaret Trudeau Brothers- Michel Trudeau, Alexandre Trudeau and Kyle Kemper Sisters- Sarah Elisabeth Coyne, Alicia Kemper
Religion	Roman Catholicism
Address	Rideau Cottage
Hobbies	Boxing, Acting, Rock climbing, Skiing, watching Hockey and Football
Controversies	• In May 2016, he was accused of elbowing Ruth Ellen Brosseau and manhandled another in angry exchanges in House of Commons, he made apology for this later. • In September 2023, Justin faced criticism for meeting and honouring a veteran of the the 14th Waffen Grenadier Division of the SS (a Nazi division). In response to this, Pierre Poilievre called on Justin to issue an apology for his actions. Following this, Speaker of the House of Commons Anthony Rota issued an apology to the Jewish community in Canada and around the world for the same. Rota clarified that neither fellow parliamentarians nor the Ukrainian delegation were informed of his intentions or remarks prior to their delivery. He assumed full responsibility for his actions and conveyed profound apologies. [1]India Today • In 2023, Deepak Vohra, a former Indian diplomat, claimed that Justin had attended the G20 Summit in India that year on a plane filled with cocaine. While making such claim in an interview, he said that Justin had skipped dinner at the event as he was not conscious enough to join for dinner due to drug use. [2]Hindustan Times Deepak Vohra said, During Canadian PM Justin Trudeau's visit to India for the G20 summit this month, his plane was full of cocaine. He also missed the President's dinner as some people say that he was not in his senses due to drug consumption." Justin, however, later refuted these claims and called it baseless.
Favourites
Food	Asian Cuisines
Restaurant	Sakura Gardens in Montreal
Author	Stephen King (USA)
Movie	Star Wars
TV show	Sherlock, The Americans
Boys, Affairs and More
Marital Status	Separated
Wife/Spouse	Sophie Grégoire (m. 2005; sep. 2023) Note: In August 2023, Justin Trudeau and Sophie Grégoire separated after 18 years of marriage. With this, Justin Trudeau became the second Canadian prime minister to announce separation while in office. The first was his father, the late Pierre Elliott Trudeau, and mother Margaret Trudeau, who announced their split in 1977 after six years of marriage. They later divorced. [3]BBC
Children	Sons- Xavier James Trudeau and Hadrien Trudeau Daughter- Ella-Grace Margaret Trudeau
Money Factor
Net Worth (approx.)	$1.2 million

Some Lesser Known Facts About Justin Trudeau

• Does Justin Trudeau smoke?: Yes

• Does Justin Trudeau drink Alcohol?: Yes

• On Christmas Day in 1971, Justin was born, and two years later in 1973, his younger brother Alexandre was born on the same day.

• Trudeau is the second child in Canadian history to be born to a prime minister in office; the first was John A. Macdonald’s daughter Margaret Mary Theodora Macdonald, who was born on February 8, 1869.

• Trudeau is predominantly of Scottish and French Canadian descent. His grandfather James Sinclair was born in Scotland.

• His parents divorced on May 27, 1977, when Trudeau was only 5 years old. However, Trudeau lived with his father until his father’s death.

• Prior to becoming a politician, Justin Trudeau was a high school teacher. He taught French, drama, and math.

• Justin’s wife, Sophie, was a classmate and friend of his youngest brother, Michel, who died in 1998 in an avalanche. She spent a lot of time in Trudeau’s home in Montreal.

• The year 2000 got Justin Trudeau in great despair when his father died on September 28, 2000. He delivered a great eulogy at his father’s state funeral.

• Justin popped the question to Sophie Grégoire on October 18, 2004 – on what would have been his father’s 85th birthday. The couple’s first child, Xavier, was born on October 18, 2007.

• Justin won the 2015 Canadian election one day after what would have been his father’s 96th birthday.

• At the age of 43, Trudeau became the second-youngest Canadian prime minister after Joe Clark.

• Justin Trudeau is the first Canadian Prime Minister to have tattoos on his arm.                                                                  

• In September 2023, Justin Trudeau accused the Indian intelligence agency R&AW of playing a role in killing Hardeep Singh Nijjar, a Khalistani extremist. Thereafter, the Canadian government expelled an Indian diplomat as a result of which the Indian government expelled a senior Canadian diplomat. ^[4]BBC Later, the Canadian government said that the reason for expelling the Indian diplomat was not to “provoke” India but to urge the Indian government to look into the Khalistan issue through appropriate channels. ^[5]Hindustan Times

• Jagmeet Singh, a Canadian politician, made a commitment to pursue justice for Nijjar, which he expressed in a social media post following Justin Trudeau’s remarks on the matter in the same year. In the post, Singh asserted that he would leave no stone unturned, even if it would require holding Prime Minister Narendra Modi accountable in the pursuit of justice. ^[6]India Today
  

  Jagmeet Singh’s post on X about seeking justice for the killing of Hardeep Singh Nijjar

   

• Trudeau addressed the killing of Hardeep Singh Nijjar following the indictment of Nikhil Gupta, an Indian citizen, by the United States Department of Justice for planning the assassination of Gurpatwant Singh Pannun, a lawyer and Khalistani militant, in 2023. In a press conference, Trudeau mentioned that Canadian authorities had been collaborating closely with their American counterparts on Nijjar’s case since August 2023. He emphasized that the document released by the US Justice Department supported previous claims made by Canadian authorities in the Nijjar’s case and urged Indian authorities to take them seriously. ^[7]The Hindu