 Before that time, the process for getting a divorce varied from province to province.In Newfoundland and Quebec, it was necessary to get a private Act of Parliament in order to end a marriage.Most other provinces incorporated the English "Matrimonial Causes Act" of 1857 which allowed a husband to get a divorce on the grounds of his wife's adultery and a wife to get one only if she established that her husband committed any of a list of particular sexual behaviours but not simply adultery.