The traditional divorce system is broken

Many marriages end in divorce. It can happen to anyone, and it’s a difficult life transition. When you need to separate from your partner, you’ll want a fair divorce that's as painless as possible, both emotionally and financially, and that affects the children as little as possible.

Most of all, you want to build a new life.

Unfortunately, the traditional divorce process makes you and your ex-partner adversaries in a legal fight where divorce lawyers make decisions about your children and your finances. The legal system is broken, and a divorce takes too much time and money. Going to family court often completely destroys the assets you have built together and becomes a devastating experience for your children.

The average cost of a separation/divorce in Canada is now over $51,000

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Work with a Divorce Resolution Mediator at Fairway Divorce Solutions

At Fairway Divorce Solutions, we are changing the way divorce happens. We provide families with a fair way to separate. Our Divorce Resolution Mediators offer a unique and proven divorce mediation program to safeguard your assets and protect your children. We take care of all aspects of your separation with specialists in legal, financial, and parenting arrangements.

Since 2006, we have successfully guided more than 7,500 families in Canada towards a mutually agreeable financial settlement and a parenting plan that ensures children benefit from positive co-parenting. We have a 95% success rate in completing separations within 120 days of financial disclosure.

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Divorce mediation with a focus on what matters to you

Thousands of Canadians have trusted Fairway Divorce Solutions and reached a fair settlement. You can feel confident that you will get a separation agreement with the best possible outcome for yourself and your children.

Our method works because we focus on what matters to you:

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Reduce time

Separate in months, not years
You will reach a resolution within 120 days after financial disclosure is in place. If you each hire your own lawyers within the traditional legal system, then you have no control over time, and the divorce will drag on for years.

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Reduce cost

Avoid shocking legal bills
We have a fixed fee that doesn’t change, so you know exactly what you are paying to go through the process of your divorce and reach a fair conclusion. Unlike lawyers and most mediators, we don’t work on an hourly basis.

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Reduce stress

Independently negotiate a resolution
You will both move through the decision-making process separately. With our Independently Negotiated Resolution™ process, we reduce stressful interactions and avoid the power struggles that often interfere with making good decisions.

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Protect the kids

Children should not be the victims
The Fairway Nurtured Children Plan™ ensures the best possible outcome for your children. We guide you through your divorce in a thoughtful, fair-minded way and make sure your children can thrive.

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The Clear Road to a New Life®

The Fairway Method™

Independently Negotiated Resolution™

A divorce can be complex and emotional, but it doesn't have to be contentious. Get a fair divorce that protects your children and your assets.

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The Fairway Method™
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The Clear Road to a New Life®

Introduction Meeting

Start your journey with a complimentary consultation to discuss your situation. Both spouses attend the introduction meeting to ensure alignment from the beginning.

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Introduction Meeting
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The Fairway Engagement™

We agree on clear goals and commit to reduce time and reduce stress. With our fixed fee, everyone is aligned to reach a resolution quickly and smoothly.

The Fairway Engagement™
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Your Optimum Outcome Conversation™

Define your ideal post-divorce future. This future-focused conversation sets the direction for asset division, spousal support, and co-parenting.

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Your Optimum Outcome Conversation™
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Fairway Divorce Transitions™ Meeting

We create an interim plan to address immediate concerns like living arrangements and bills. This reduces stress and helps you focus on long-term solutions.

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Fairway Divorce Transitions™ Meeting
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Fairway Financial Pie™ Disclosure

We gather and examine all financial details to create a comprehensive picture of your "Financial Pie”. This step ensures transparency and trust in asset division.

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What is the Law™ Seminar

We provide neutral, non-biased information on Canadian divorce law so both parties know their rights and obligations, and we can avoid unnecessary legal battles.

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What is the Law™ Seminar
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Fairway Financial Pie™ Consensus

We create a joint net worth statement based on financial disclosure. This helps guide a fair division of your "Financial Pie" and protects both parties’ future.

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Fairway Financial Pie™ Consensus
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Fairway Financial Pie™ Division & Support

We help you and your spouse divide assets and negotiate spousal support, focusing on fairness and long-term financial stability for both parties.

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Fairway Financial Pie™ Division & Support
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Fairway Nurtured Children Plan™

We help you create a co-parenting plan that prioritizes your children’s needs, fostering positive relationships and minimizing conflict between the parents.

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Fairway Negotiated Resolution Plan™

After negotiations, we create a comprehensive plan outlining your decisions on finances, parenting, and support, forming the basis for your Legal Separation Agreement.

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Legal Separation Agreement Drafting

We make sure your matrimonial separation agreement includes all decisions made, and is compliant with the law and legally binding.

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Legal Separation Agreement Drafting
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Independent Legal Advice

You both get external independent legal advice to help you fully understand the separation agreement, ensuring everything is legally sound and fair.

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Independent Legal Advice
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Divorce Filing

Depending on your situation and location, we can support you through the legal filing process after the separation agreement is finalized, ensuring a smooth and efficient process to legally end your marriage.

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Divorce Filing
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Warm Client Handoff

At the end of the process, we ask for your feedback to ensure we’ve met your expectations and helped you transition smoothly into the next chapter of your life.

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Karen’s story

When it comes to divorce, there's the old way - and there's a better way. I know because I learned the hard way.

Hello, my name is Karen Stewart.

More than two decades ago I found myself unexpectedly on the doorstep of divorce. Not knowing where to turn I asked my friends for a referral for “the best” lawyer money could buy. After five long years and over $500,000 in legal bills for myself alone, our ability to co-parent was destroyed, along with our net worth. I found out the hard way that hiring a lawyer and “fighting it out” simply makes no sense at all.

I set out to create a better way to resolve a separation, and in 2006 I founded Fairway Divorce Solutions®. Our team of more than 25 Divorce Resolution Mediators now operates from over 11 locations. After working with 7,500 couples across Canada, we know we have a process that works, regardless of whether you trust or get along with your ex.

I have dedicated my life’s work to changing how divorce happens because I care. I care about you and your children. I know there is light at the end of the tunnel when you find yourself in a situation where you and your partner need to separate.

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Welcome To Fairway Divorce Solutions

A divorce can destroy what you have built up together and become a devastating experience for your children. At Fairway Divorce Solutions we remove the adversarial side of the divorce by taking you independently through a step-by-step process that resolves all financial and parenting issues from start to finish. Learn more about what makes us unique.

The Fairway Method™

Reach your fixed-fee separation agreement in 120 days after financial disclosure

Unlike a traditional divorce lawyer, we remove the adversarial side of the divorce by taking you independently through a step-by-step process that resolves all financial and parenting issues. We call it an Independently Negotiated Resolution™. Our method ensures that everyone becomes an empowered and informed decision-maker and that emotions do not play havoc with sound decision-making.

In less than 120 days of negotiation, your separation can be finalized, and you can move on to a great life after divorce with a future-focused plan.

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Define the best outcome

The Clear Road to a New Life® 

After you have both committed to a negotiated divorce resolution you meet one-on-one with your divorce mediator. You get a clear understanding of where you are right now and what the best possible outcome for your divorce would be. A family lawyer from your area will educate you on the current legal situation and other important information.


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A fair financial agreement

Fairway Financial Pie™

We provide you with the tools to gather your financial information and clarify your financial situation. We facilitate the division of assets and agreement on spousal and child support. You protect the wealth you have created and build a foundation for your independent future.


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A comprehensive parenting plan

Fairway Nurtured Children Plan™ 

Your Divorce Resolution Mediator helps you reach a child-focused co-parenting plan. It’s a comprehensive road map that outlines arrangements on parenting time and guidelines for positive parenting. It ensures a bright future for your children and peaceful holidays and family events throughout the year.


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Execute your divorce resolution

Fairway Negotiated Resolution Plan™

A comprehensive divorce resolution plan captures all the details you and your former partner have agreed to. You get independent legal advice from your lawyer to execute your separation agreement. When it’s all done you can now focus on the future!


Why our clients appreciate working with our Divorce Resolution Mediators

Fairway Divorce Resolution Mediators are experts in mediation and negotiation with backgrounds in finance. We ensure your rights are protected and help you get an amicable divorce fast, so you can move on with your new life.

Vast experience in divorce mediation

We resolve more divorces in a year than a family lawyer in a lifetime.

With over 25 Divorce Resolution Mediators in more than 11 locations, we have assisted 7,500 Canadian families in resolving a divorce and executing a separation agreement with a 95% success rate. With our divorce mediation process, we have helped protect more than 16,000 children from the needless harm of a divorce.

Solid Expertise in financial complexity

We have extensive experience with high-net-worth families.

Our Chartered Financial Divorce Specialists help you navigate complex financial arrangements. We provide a complete service with an extended network of financial specialists (including chartered accountants, financial planners and valuators). Our goal is to preserve your financial assets as much as possible.

Amicable divorce separation agreement in 120 days for a fixed fee

We find solutions that work for both parties without litigation

Going through a divorce is hard enough without litigation. We find amicable solutions rather than using adversarial tactics. For fair-minded couples with assets and children to protect, our flat fee, 120 days to resolution process is the only guaranteed and proven method in Canada to achieve an amicable divorce.

Mediation from start to finish

Get access to the divorce resolution services and experts you need

Achieving an amicable agreement and finalizing your divorce requires multiple professionals. Our trained mediators and negotiators specialize in parenting and finance and ensure you get all the advice you need. At Fairway Divorce Solutions, we mediate, negotiate, and navigate your divorce from start to finish.

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The ultimate Canadian divorce fact sheet

Download our fact sheet with the most important things you need to know when getting a divorce in Canada. How you choose to move through a divorce will define the next chapter of your life.