What Is an Annulment

An annulment is a legal declaration that a marriage was never valid in the first place — distinct from a divorce, which ends a valid marriage. In Canada, annulments are granted only in narrow circumstances: lack of capacity, fraud, duress, or one of a handful of other defects.

This article walks through when an annulment is possible, when it isn't, and why divorce — not annulment — is the right route for almost every separation in Canada.