Ontario Marriage Facts

24/02/2022

https://www.justice.gc.ca/eng/csj-sjc/rfc-dlc/ccrf-ccdl/check/art2a.html. Everyone in Canada has freedom of religion and conscience. This includes clergy who decide who they will or will not marry!

Department of Justice Canada's Internet site

24/02/2022

Straight outa the Service Ontario Website:

Who can perform a marriage in Ontario

Registered marriage officiants

The following persons registered with the Office of the Registrar General as a marriage officiant under the Marriage Act can perform a marriage in Ontario:

a person duly recognized by their religious body as entitled to perform religious marriages in Ontario, or
a person who belongs to, and is duly recognized as entitled to perform marriages by a band, First Nation, Métis or Inuit organization or community or Indigenous entity located in whole or in part in Ontario.
Find out if your officiant is registered to perform a marriage in Ontario.

Civil marriage officiants

The following can perform civil marriages in Ontario:

a municipal clerk and/or their delegate authorized to perform civil marriages in Ontario
a judge
an Ontario associate judge
an Ontario justice of the peace

24/02/2022

https://www.ontario.ca/page/getting-married. Read the marriage act in order to understand the facts.

How to get the government documents you need if you plan to marry in Ontario. You can still get married in-person while satisfying the current provincial restrictions on gatherings. Learn more about changes to getting married in-person due to coronavirus (COVID-19). You can find updated information....

24/02/2022

It seems that everyone has an opinion of how marriage "works" in the province of Ontario. The truth is it has nothing to do with a person's opinions, it is based on absolute truth. There are non-negotiable rules put in place by the province that are spelled out VERY clearly in the marriage act and the Canadian Charter. In order to understand the facts and therefore speak and act with wisdom and intelligence, we must begin with what is actually written in non-erasable ink.

Before you speak body about wedding ceremonies, clergy, officiants, content etc, read the marriage act and charter.

15/02/2022

Welcome to Ontario Marriage Facts. My name is Wayne Prevett and I am the Governing Official with a government-recognized religious denomination. As a Governing Offical, I have devoted this page to share the legal facts and realities of Weddings in the Province of Ontario. There is a great deal of confusion among wedding professionals and couples about the laws that govern clergy and wedding officiants. This is my area of expertise and I will do my best to bring understanding and clarity.

07/02/2022