Long distance Divorce: Where to start?

In order to make application for divorce, section 3 of the Divorce Act, requires that one party have been residing in the province in which the court application is made for at least one year immediately preceding the commencement of the proceeding. If you intended to relocate to Spain for an indefinite period of time, then you have not lived in your province for at least one year and he has not lived in any provinces and as such there is no jurisdition to commence the divorce application, in Canada. If after consulting with a lawyer you decide to seek to address spousal support or property, asset division, then you could make that court application even though you recently returned in April 2014. In the UK, he could commence the divorce application and include other forms of relief, or the divorce case could potentially include certain other claims, I am not familiar with the UK divorce process. You likely prefer to have matters address in your home province rather than in the UK.